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title: "Chilean Dolphin"
description: "Cephalorhynchus eutropia — Mammals. The Chilean dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia), also known as the Black dolphin, is one of six dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/chilean-dolphin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chilean Dolphin

> Cephalorhynchus eutropia — Mammals. The Chilean dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia), also known as the Black dolphin, is one of six dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus.

- Scientific name: *Cephalorhynchus eutropia*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 197
- Wikidata: [Q755733](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q755733)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41516](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41516)

## Names

- en: Chilean Dolphin
- de: Weißbauchdelfin
- es: Tonina De Vientre Blanco
- fr: Dauphin Du Chili
- nl: Witbuikdolfijn
- pt: Golfinho-chileno
- pl: Tonin chilijski

## Countries with the most observations

CL (171), AR (3)

## Summary

The Chilean dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia), also known as the Black dolphin, is one of six dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. The dolphin is found only off the coast of Chile; it is commonly referred to in the country as tonina.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_dolphin

## Photo

![Chilean Dolphin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chilean-dolphin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chao 江星辰 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151086317

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chilean-dolphin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).