List of individual cetaceans explained

Cetaceans are the animals commonly known as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. This list includes individuals from real life or fiction, where fictional individuals are indicated by their source. It is arranged roughly taxonomically.

Baleen whales

Rorquals

See main article: Rorquals.

• 52-hertz whale (may be a blue whale hybrid)^[1]

Blue whales

• The Blue Whale from the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo
• KOBO

Fin whales

• Moby Joe, a fin whale who became trapped in Newfoundland, the subject of Farley Mowat's 1972 book A Whale for the Killing.^[2]

Humpback whales

See main article: Humpback whale.

• Delta and Dawn
• George and Gracie from
• Humphrey the Whale
• Migaloo
• The Montreal whale^{[3] [4]}
• Mister Splashy Pants
• Tay Whale

Gray whales

See main article: Gray whale.

• Bonnet, Crossbeak, and Bone or Putu, Siku, and Kanik (in Inupiaq),^[5] or Fred, Wilma, and Bamm-Bamm in the book Big Miracle and film adaptation
• Klamath River Whales ^[6]

Toothed whales

See main article: Toothed whale.

Beaked whales

Northern bottlenose whales

See main article: Northern bottlenose whale.

• River Thames whale

Dolphins

• Delphinus from Greek mythology
• Ivan and Bessie from the 1967 novel The Day of the Dolphin or Alpha and Beta in the 1973 film adaptation
• Slim and Delbert from the TV series Dolphin Cove
• Snorky from the Night of the Dolphin segment of The Simpsons 2000 episode "Treehouse of Horror XI"
• The dolphin from the fairy tale The Dolphin
• Zoom from the anime series Zoom the White Dolphin

Bottlenose dolphins

See main article: Common bottlenose dolphin.

• Akeakamai, featured in the novel Startide Rising
• Davina
• Ecco from the video game series Ecco the Dolphin
• Fungie
• Flipper from the 1963 film of the same name and later film and television series in the same franchise
• Hiapo
• Hope, featured in the film Dolphin Tale 2
• Mitzie, who portrayed Flipper^[7]
• Moko
• Opo
• Peter, used in experiments in human-dolphin communication by John C. Lilly and Margaret Howe Lovatt^[8]
• Pinky
• Ronnie from the television series
• Tião
• Winter, featured in the film Dolphin Tale

Orcas

See also: List of captive orcas.

• Camus from the episode "Moby Dopes" of the TV series The Angry Beavers^[9]
• Chimo
• Corky (II)
• Ethelbert
• Granny
• Hoi Wai, who portrayed Neptune in the film Moon Warriors
• Iceberg
• Jambu or Willzyx from the episode "Free Willzyx" of the TV series South Park
• Kalina
• Kanduke
• Kasatka
• Katina
• Keet
• Keto
• Keiko, who portrayed Willy in the film Free Willy
• Klee Wyck, the anthropomorphic mascot of the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Kiska, orca housed at Marineland and last captive orca kept in Canada
• Kohana
• Kotar
• Lolita
• Luna
• Malia
• Moby Doll
• Morgan
• Namu, featured in the film Namu, the Killer Whale
• Neptune from the film Moon Warriors
• Ocean Sun (L25)
• Old Thom
• Old Tom
• Port and Starboard
• Ramu III
• Samoa
• Scarlet
• Shamu
• Springer
• Tahlequah
• Takara
• The orca from the 1977 film Orca
• Tico from the anime series Tico of the Seven Seas
• Tilikum
• Ulises
• Unna
• Walter the Whale
• Wikie
• Willy from the film Free Willy and television adaptation

Risso's dolphins

See main article: Risso's dolphin.

• Casper, an albino or leucistic Risso's dolphin inhabiting Monterey Bay, California.^[10]
• Pelorus Jack

Sperm whales

• Little Irvy
• Moby Dick from the novel Moby-Dick
• Mocha Dick
• Monstro from Pinocchio^[11]
• Pearl Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants
• Porphyrios (species uncertain)
• The sperm whale from the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and later adaptations
• Timor Tom from Moby-Dick, chapter 45

Belugas

• Baby Beluga from the music album of the same name
• Bailey from the 2016 Pixar film Finding Dory
• Benny
• Hvaldimir
• Kayavak
• Moby Dick (Rhine)
• NOC

Legendary

Because these individuals are legendary or mythic, their classification is unclear. As well, for some it is unclear whether they are even whales since whales were historically considered fish in Western culture.^[12]

• Cetus from Greek mythology
• Devil Whale from legends such as the First Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor
• Leviathan from Abrahamic mythology
• Makara from Hindu mythology (possibly a South Asian river dolphin)
• Rongomai from Māori mythology
• Tannin from Canaanite, Phoenician, and Hebrew mythology
• The whale who saved Kahutia-te-rangi in Māori mythology (usually considered to be a humpback whale - Maori: paikea - a name Kahutia-te-rangi would adopt himself)^{[13] [14]}
• The whale from the Book of Jonah

See also

• • Killer whales in popular culture
• List of captive killer whales
• List of cetaceans
• Military marine mammal

Notes and References

1. News: Revkin. Andrew C.. 21 December 2004. Song of the Sea, a Cappella and Unanswered. The New York Times. 2020-08-06.
2. Book: Mowat, Farley . A Whale for the Killing . 2012 . Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Limited . Canada . 9781771000284 .
3. Web site: Ranaldi . Chloë . Leavitt . Sarah . A humpback whale is swimming in the St. Lawrence River in Montreal . CBC News . 19 February 2021 . English . 30 May 2020.
4. Web site: O'Malley . Olivia . Montreal’s humpback whale may not have been killed by collision with boat: researchers . Global News . 19 February 2021 . English . 27 January 2021.
5. News: Mauer. Richard. The real story behind 'Big Miracle'. 2020-08-08. The Anchorage Daily News. February 3, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120203174330/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/02/03/137755/the-real-story-behind-big-miracle.html. February 3, 2012. dead.
6. News: Goff. Andrew. Whales. In a River.. North Coast Journal . July 28, 2011.
7. Web site: Flipper (1963) . IMDb . 8 August 2020.
8. Web site: The dolphin who loved me: the Nasa-funded project that went wrong. Riley. Christopher. 8 June 2014. The Guardian. en. 9 September 2022.
9. Web site: "The Angry Beavers" Moby Dopes/Present Tense (TV Episode 2000) . IMDb . 11 April 2023.
10. News: Popęda . Agata . Casper the all-white dolphin pays a visit to Monterey Bay—just in time for Halloween. . 26 December 2022 . Monterey County Weekly . 2 November 2021.
11. Web site: Mullen . Chris . A Whale of a Tale: An Ode to Monstro The Walt Disney Family Museum . Walt Disney Family Museum . 6 August 2020 . 2016-06-29.
12. Web site: DeCou . Christopher . When whales were fish . Lateral Magazine . 27 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627200751/http://www.lateralmag.com/articles/issue-29/when-whales-were-fish . 27 June 2020 . 8 October 2018 . live.
13. Web site: The Story of Paikea and Ruatapu . Te Ao Hou: The Maori Magazine . September 1962 . Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa - National Library of New Zealand. 28 June 2020.
14. Web site: Haami . Bradford . Te whānau puha – whales . . 2006-06-12 . 2020-08-08 . en . Summary, 1–2, "Paikea, Waipapa marae, University of Auckland".