List of individual cetaceans

Real and fictional whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

Dawn the humpback whale in the Sacramento River in 2007

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## Baleen whales

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See also: Baleen whale

### Rorquals

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See also: Rorquals

* The 52-hertz whale (may be a blue whale hybrid)[1]

#### Blue whales

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See also: Blue whale

KOBO

* KOBO

#### Fin whales

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See also: Fin whale

* 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

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See also: Humpback whale

* Delta and Dawn
* George and Gracie from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
* Humphrey the Whale
* Migaloo
* The whale that swam up the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal in 2020[3][4]
* Mister Splashy Pants
* Sasha, also known as the Alaska whale[5][6][7]
* The Tay Whale

### Gray whales

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See also: Gray whale

* Bonnet, Crossbeak, and Bone or Putu, Siku, and Kanik (in Inupiaq);[8] called Fred, Wilma, and Bamm-Bamm in the book Big Miracle and film adaptation
* Klamath River Whales [9][10]

## Toothed whales

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See also: Toothed whale

### Beaked whales

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See also: Beaked whale

#### Northern bottlenose whales

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See also: Northern bottlenose whale

The River Thames whale being calmed by rescuers

* River Thames whale

### Dolphins

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See also: Dolphin

* 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
* Jones from the William Gibson short story Johnny Mnemonic
* 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

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See also: Bottlenose dolphin and Common bottlenose dolphin

Winter swimming without her prosthetic tail

* 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[11]
* Moko
* Opo
* Peter, used in experiments in human-dolphin communication by John C. Lilly and Margaret Howe Lovatt[12]
* Pinky
* Ronnie from the television series H2O: Just Add Water[citation needed]
* Tião
* Winter, featured in the film Dolphin Tale

#### Orcas

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See also: Orca and List of captive orcas

Tilikum at SeaWorld Orlando

* Brave Little Hunter (a.k.a. kʷiisaḥiʔis in Nuu-chah-nulth)
* Camus from the episode "Moby Dopes" of the TV series The Angry Beavers[13]
* 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 Katina with trainer Dawn Brancheau
* 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 Morgan in August 2010
* Namu, featured in the film Namu, the Killer Whale
* Neptune from the film Moon Warriors
* Ocean Sun (L25)[14]
* Old Thom
* Old Tom
* Port and Starboard
* Ramu III
* Samoa
* Scarlet Scarlet and her mother, J-16
* Shamu
* Springer
* Tahlequah
* Takara
* The orca from the 1977 film Orca
* Tico from the anime series Tico of the Seven Seas
* Tilikum, known for his involvement in the deaths of three people; heavily featured in the documentary Blackfish
* Ulises
* Unna
* Walter the Whale
* Wikie
* Willy from the film Free Willy and television adaptation

#### Risso's dolphins

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See also: Risso's dolphin

* Casper, an albino or leucistic Risso's dolphin inhabiting Monterey Bay, California[15]
* Pelorus Jack

### Sperm whales

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See also: Sperm whale

* The exploding whale of Florence, Oregon
* Little Irvy
* Moby Dick from the 1851 novel Moby-Dick
* Mocha Dick
* Monstro from Pinocchio[16]
* Pearl Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants
* Porphyrios (species uncertain), a large whale that harassed and sank ships in the waters near Constantinople in the sixth century
* The sperm whale from the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and later adaptations
* Timor Tom from Moby-Dick, chapter 45

### Belugas

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See also: Beluga (whale)

Hvaldimir

* 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

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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.[17]

Jonah in the jaws of the whale

* 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 - paikea - a name Kahutia-te-rangi would adopt himself)[18][19]
* The whale from the Book of Jonah

## See also

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* Marine life portal
* Oceans portal

* Dolphin § In history and religion
* Killer whales in popular culture
* List of captive killer whales
* List of cetaceans
* Military marine mammal
* Whale § In myth, literature and art

## References

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1. ^ Revkin, Andrew C. (21 December 2004). "Song of the Sea, a Cappella and Unanswered". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
2. ^ Mowat, Farley (2012). A Whale for the Killing. Canada: Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 9781771000284.
3. ^ Ranaldi, Chloë; Leavitt, Sarah (30 May 2020). "A humpback whale is swimming in the St. Lawrence River in Montreal". CBC News. Montreal. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
4. ^ O'Malley, Olivia (27 January 2021). "Montreal's humpback whale may not have been killed by collision with boat: researchers". Global News. Archived from the original on 2021-02-21. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
5. ^ "NOAA Fisheries Identifies Stranded Whale in Alaska as Calf Known as Tango". NOAA Fisheries. Alaska. August 28, 2023. Archived from the original on 2025-04-05. Retrieved 23 April 2025. "Sasha is one of Juneau's most beloved whales; she spends most of her summers near Juneau and has distinct markings that make her easy to spot. Tango is her third known calf."
6. ^ Steinberg, Jake (August 16, 2018). "Did the blob drive humpbacks out of Southeast Alaska? Some scientists think so". KTOO (FM). Juneau. Archived from the original on 2024-06-22. Retrieved 23 April 2025. "Some [whales] become local celebrities, like Sasha, whose fluke has a mark that resembles the letters "A" and "K". Down in Hawaii, where humpbacks spend the winter, she's known as the Alaska whale."
7. ^ Ranger, Scott (2013). "Whale 1879, Sasha". Scott Ranger's Nature Notes. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
8. ^ Mauer, Richard (February 3, 2012). "The real story behind 'Big Miracle'". The Anchorage Daily News. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
9. ^ Goff, Andrew (July 28, 2011). "Whales. In a River". North Coast Journal.
10. ^ "Whale dies after weeks in river, and after calf left". NBC News. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
11. ^ "Flipper (1963)". IMDb. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
12. ^ Riley, Christopher (8 June 2014). "The dolphin who loved me: the Nasa-funded project that went wrong". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
13. ^ ""The Angry Beavers" Moby Dopes/Present Tense (TV Episode 2000)". IMDb. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
14. ^ Griffin, Brooke (31 January 2025). "Meet 'Ocean Sun', the nearly 100-year-old Southern Resident Orca crowned oldest in the world". KIRO 7 News Seattle. Seattle: Cox Media Group. Archived from the original on 1 Feb 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025. "'Ocean Sun', also known as L25, is considered the oldest orca in the world [...] 97 years old."
15. ^ Popęda, Agata (2 November 2021). "Casper the all-white dolphin pays a visit to Monterey Bay—just in time for Halloween". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
16. ^ Mullen, Chris (2016-06-29). "A Whale of a Tale: An Ode to Monstro". Walt Disney Family Museum. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
17. ^ DeCou, Christopher (8 October 2018). "When whales were fish". Lateral Magazine. Lateral Publishing Group. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
18. ^ "The Story of Paikea and Ruatapu". Te Ao Hou: The Maori Magazine. September 1962. p. 6. Retrieved 28 June 2020 - via the National Library of New Zealand.
19. ^ Haami, Bradford (2006-06-12). "Te whānau puha – whales". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. pp. Summary, 1–2, "Paikea, Waipapa marae, University of Auckland". Retrieved 2020-08-08.

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