A Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, surfacing near forested rocky coastline. One of a small school of about a dozen dolphins another dolphin can just be seen underwater beyond the main dolphin. The use of a fisheye lens has resulted in a curved horizon which could make this photo represent Planet Earth or The Ocean Planet. This dolphin is the best-known dolphin because of its wide exposure in marine parks, dolphinaria, movies and television programs (e.g. Flipper). The Common Bott