How many breeds of dolphin are there?

Answer 1

There are 41 species of dolphin in the family delphindae. Which is the family for dolphins.

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According to wikispecies, there are 41 species of dolphins of the family delphinade or oceanic dolphins.

Family Delphinidae, oceanic dolphins:

Long-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus capensis

Short-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis

Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops aduncus

Northern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis

Southern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissiodelphis peronii

Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis

Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin, Sousa chinensis

Chinese White Dolphin (the Chinese variant), Sousa chinensis chinensis

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin, Sousa teuszii

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, Stenella frontalis

Clymene Dolphin, Stenella clymene

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata

Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris

Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba

Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis

Chilean Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia

Commerson's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii

Heaviside's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

Hector's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori

Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus

Fraser's Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei

Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus

Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Peale's Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis

White-Beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Australian Snubfin Dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni

Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris

Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra

Killer Whale (Orca), Orcinus orca

Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata

False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens

Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas

Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus

Boto (Amazon River Dolphin), Inia geoffrensis

Chinese River Dolphin (Baiji), Lipotes vexillifer (considered functionally extinct)

Ganges River Dolphin, Platanista gangetica

Indus River Dolphin, Platanista minor

La Plata Dolphin (Franciscana), Pontoporia blainvillei

Some also say there's only 32 of them.

Answer 2

across the world there are approximately 32 different breeds of dolphin