A mother-calf pair of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) photographed in the Gulf of Mexico. Heavy spotting is characteristic of the morphotype found in continental shelf waters of the western North Atlantic as opposed to the oceanic morphotype inhabiting deep oceanic waters of the Atlantic. The calf lacks spots as they appear later in age. Photo credit: NOAA SEFSC,
A mother-calf pair of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) photographed in the Gulf of Mexico. Heavy spotting is characteristic of the morphotype found in continental shelf waters of the western North Atlantic as opposed to the oceanic morphotype inhabiting deep oceanic waters of the Atlantic. The calf lacks spots as they appear later in age. Photo credit: NOAA SEFSC, MMPA Permit No. 779-1633. 