List of species encountered off La Gomera (1994-2022)

Tooth Whales (Odontoceti):

(1) Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

(2) Rough-Toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis)

(3) Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis)

(4) Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

(5) Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

(6) Fraser´s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei)

(7) Risso´s Dolphin (Grampus griseus)

(8) Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)

(9) Orca (Orcinus orca)

(10) False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

(11) Dense Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)

(12) Cuvier´s Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris)

(13) Gervais Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus)

(14) Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)

(15) Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

(16) Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps)

Baleen Whale (Mysticeti):

(17) Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

(18) Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)

(19) Bryde´s Whale (Balaenoptera edeni)

(20) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

(21) Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

(22) North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

(23) Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)