The land-based places listed for this species, Big Bend, Balcones Canyonlands, and Big Thicket, aren’t where a clymene dolphin actually lives. This is an offshore Gulf of Mexico species, known for the spinning leaps that link it to its close relatives, and its Texas records come from vessel surveys and strandings along the coast, not any inland habitat.
All 18 Texas records come through GBIF with no iNaturalist entries, which fits a species that’s rarely seen from shore and mostly documented through offshore research cruises or stranded animals. NatureServe ranks it S1, Critically Imperiled, in Texas, though for a pelagic species that mostly reflects how few confirmed Gulf records exist rather than a firm population estimate. September holds the largest single-month share, 5 of 18 records, but that’s too small a sample to call a real seasonal pattern.
