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A small, strikingly marked dolphin with a yellow-tan hourglass pattern on its flanks, usually traveling in large fast-moving pods. The Indo-Pacific form occurs in the Egyptian Red Sea, and the species is also found in the Mediterranean.
This is a protected or non-target species — please don't fish for it. If it's accidentally hooked, release it quickly and unharmed.
Eating & safety
Watch only; the Mediterranean population is in decline and legally protected.
Best conditions: Open water with surface bait activity that draws large feeding pods
Common dolphins form some of the largest pods of any dolphin, occasionally numbering in the thousands.