Derived from an old diminutive of MARTIN. MAXWELL Scottish. From a place name meaning Mack's stream, from the name Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name MAGNUS, combined with Old English wella stream ...
For the ray-finned fish known as common dolphin, see Mahi-mahi. The common dolphin is the name given to two species (and possibly a third) of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus. Prior to the mid-1990s, most taxonomists only recognised one species in this genus, the common dolphin Delphinus delphis.
A few facts about bottlenose dolphins may help increase your enjoyment of these magnificent and endearing creatures found in the waters off Key Largo. A Beautiful Bottlenose What is the scientific classification for dolphins? The scientific order of marine mammals known as Cetacea (see-tay-she-uh) includes dolphins, porpoises, and whales. Dolphins belong to the scientific family known as Delphinidae (del-fin-uh-dee). The bottlenose dolphin belongs to the genus Tursiops (ter-see-ops). It's unclear how many species of Tursiops there are (maybe just one), but any bottlenose around Key Largo is a Tursiops truncatus (trunk-kah-tuhs).