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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Grampus griseus

Risso's Dolphin

WoRMS 137098ITIS 180457key worms:137098
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2026-08-05: itis_id 180457 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Grampus griseus
Risso's Dolphin3.8 m
a person1.7 m

max · sealifebase

Grampus griseus
Photo · National Marine Mammal Laboratory, no individual author credit given · Public domain · commons

Risso's dolphin is the only species of the genus Grampus in the family Delphinidae (dolphins). Some of the most closely related species to these dolphins include: pilot whales, pygmy killer whales, melon-headed whales, and false killer whales.W CalCOFI holds 156 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2020.R

156
observations
156
records
156
sampling events
1987–2020
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

calcofi:marine_mammals

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:137098%22