Status: Endangered Length: up to 3.9m Weight: up to 650kg. Facts: Bottlenose dolphins have a short beak and a hooked dorsal fin.. It’s estimated that there are 50 bottlenose dolphins in the Bay of Islands.
Status: Not threatened Length: up to 2.5m Weight: 200kg Facts: Distinctive hourglass pattern of colors–one of the only tricolor dolphin species in the world. Travel in large pods of up to 100 dolphins.
Status: Critical Length: up to 9m Weight: up to 10,000kg Facts: Actually part of the dolphin family. Pods of 2-15. They will go close to shore to hunt stingrays and sharks
Status: Least Concern Length: up to 7.6m Weight: up to 3200kg Facts: Notorious for becoming stranded. Named for having one “pilot” that leads the group. Second largest dolphins in the world.