Stock Photo - Adult Peale´s Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis foraging in extremely shallow water in Gypsy Cove, just outside of Stanley in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean It is also commonly known as the Black_chinned Dolphin or even Peale´s Black_chinned Dolphin Though it is traditionally placed in the genus Lagenorhynchus, recent molecular analyses indicate that Peale´s Dolphin is actually more closely related to the dolphins of the genus Cephalorhynchus If true, this would mean that this species must either be transferred to Cephalorhynchus or be given a new genus of their own An alternate genus that has been proposed for this species as well as the Pacific White_sided Dolphin and Dusky Dolphin is Sagmatias Peale´s Dolphin is of typical size in its family _ about 1m in length at birth and 2 1m when fully mature Its adult weight is about 115kg