Risso’s Dolphin
| IUCN global conservation status: Minor preoccupation ACCOBAMS/IUCN global conservation status: Endangered | |
| Mediterranean: Regular | Black Sea: Absent |
| Name: | Scientific: | Either from Latin grandis and piscis = fish, or from ancient French meaning grand poisson, and from Latin griseus = grey. |
Common: | Named after Antoine Risso, naturalist from Nice, who described in 1812 a Grampus stranded near Nice. |