Common Bottlenose Dolphin
| IUCN global conservation status: Minor preoccupation ACCOBAMS/IUCN global conservation status: Vulnerable (Med) & Threatened (Black Sea) | |
| Mediterranean: Regular | Black Sea: Regular |
| Name: | Scientific: | From Latin Tursio = sort of marine animal described by Pliny the Old, and the suffix –ops = having the appearance of a Tursio, and truncatus in reference to the truncate (in fact, more likely worn) aspect of the teeth of the first described specimen. |