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Scientific and common names of the cetaceans of the Mediterranean Sea
| Scientific Name | Italian | English | French | |
| Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Balenottera comune | Fin whale | Rorqual commun | |
| Delphinus delphis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Delfino comune | (Short-beaked) common dolphin | Dauphin commun | |
| Globicephala melas (=melaena) (Traill, 1809) | Globicefalo | Long-finned pilot whale | Globicéphale noir | |
| Grampus griseus (G.Cuvier, 1812) | Grampo | Risso's dolphin | Grampo, Dauphin de Risso | |
| Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Orca | Killer whale | Orque, Epaulard | |
| Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) | Focena | Harbour porpoise | Marsouin commun | |
| Physeter macrocephalus (=catodon) (Linnaeus, 1758) | Capodoglio | Sperm whale | Cachalot, Cachalot macrocéphale | |
| Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) | Pseudorca | False killer whale | Pseudorque, Faux orque | |
| Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) | Stenella striata | Striped dolphin | Dauphin bleu et blanc, Stenelle | |
| Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828) | Steno | Rough-toothed dolphin | Sténo, Dauphin à bec étroit | |
| Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) | Tursiope | Bottlenose dolphin | Grand dauphin, Souffleur | |
| Ziphius cavirostris (G.Cuvier, 1823) | Zifio | Cuvier's beaked whale | Ziphius, Baleine à bec de Cuvier | |
| Scientific names according to CNR, 1983 | ||||