River dolphin
As Flussdelfine or freshwater dolphins , whales sometimes freshwater, various types of whales are designated who live in fresh and brackish water and the partially originally assigned to a common taxonomic group:
- the Amazon river dolphins (Iniidae)
- the Chinese river dolphin ( Lipotes vexillifer )
- the La Plata dolphin ( Pontoporia blainvillei )
- the Ganges and Indus dolphins, see Platanista
In addition, there are representatives of the (real) dolphins living in fresh water such as
- the species of the genus Sotalia ,
- the Cameroon river dolphin ( Sousa teuszii )
- the Irrawaddy Dolphin ( Orcaella brevirostris )