Whales
A total of 23 whale species have been identified in Icelandic waters. They belong to two suborders: toothed whales (15 species) and baleen whales (8 species).
Monodontidae
White whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
Phocoenidae
Delphinidae
White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)
Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)
Ziphiidae
Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)
Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)
Physeteridae
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
Balaenidae
Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)
North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Eschrichtiidae
Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
Balaenopteridae
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)