Aquarium of Niagara · Dolphins (Historical)

The information in the table below represents the living or current population of dolphins & porpoises held at this facility (excluding killer whales). If you’re having trouble finding a specific animal, check the tabs above, they may have transferred or died. Italics indicate a deceased individual.

Note: If you have a correction or would like to submit information please contribute@cetabase.org or use our contact form!

Last Updated: April 14, 2025 7:21 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)

The information in the table below represents the deceased population of dolphins & porpoises held at this facility (excluding killer whales). If you’re having trouble finding a specific animal, check the tabs above, they may have been transferred or lost to follow up. Italics indicate a deceased individual.

Note: If you have a correction or would like to submit information please contribute@cetabase.org or use our contact form!

Last Updated: April 14, 2025 7:21 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	River, Amazon	Inia geoffrensis	-, -, -	?? -	U	#VALUE!	Capt	1965-Oct-xx	19651001	Rio Negro	Wild	Wild	Rio Negro, Brazil to Holding, Brazil? (1965-Oct-xx) to McKee's Jungle Gardens (1965-Oct-xx) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (1965-Nov-10)	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1965-xxx-xx	19651231	-	-	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	River, Amazon	Inia geoffrensis	NOA0005412, 01-6501-1, -	Buster -	M	1961-Jan-01 (E) 24.7 years old	Capt	1965-Oct-xx	19651001	Rio Negro	Wild	Wild	Rio Negro, Brazil to Holding, Brazil? (1965-Oct-xx) to McKee's Jungle Gardens (1965-Oct-xx) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (1965-Nov-10)	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1985-Aug-26	19850826	Other(Gout, Esophageal & Gastric Ulceration)	-	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Tucuxi	Sotalia fluviatilis	-, -, -	Neptune -	M	#VALUE!	Capt	1965-Oct-xx	19651001	Rio Negro	Wild	Wild	Rio Negro, 60 miles from Manaus, Brazil to Holding, Brazil? (1965-Oct-xx) to Holding, Vero Beach (1965-Nov-01) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (1965-Nov-10)	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1965-Nov-xx	19651130	Pneumonia	Captured for Niagara but died while in holding in Vero Beach, Florida	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Tucuxi	Sotalia fluviatilis	-, -, -	?? -	U	#VALUE!	Capt	1965-Oct-xx	19651001	Rio Negro	Wild	Wild	Rio Negro, 60 miles from Manaus, Brazil to Holding, Brazil? (1965-Oct-xx) to Holding, Vero Beach (1965-Nov-01)	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1965-Nov-xx	19651130	Pneumonia	Captured for Niagara but died while in holding in Vero Beach, Florida	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0005415, 03-6601-2, -	Misty II -	F	1965-Jan-01 (E) 11.6 years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	19660201	Unknown	Wild	Wild	-	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1976-Aug-15	19760815	Other(Candidiasis)	At least the second animal to be named Misty at Niagara, the original Misty died in July 1965	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0005416, 03-6602-1, -	Sailor II -	M	1965-Jan-01 (E) 11.5 years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	19690601	Unknown	Wild	Wild	-	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1976-Jun-21	19760621	Other(Gastric Foreign Bodies Anesthetic Shock)	At least the second animal to be named Sailor at Niagara, the original animal died in July 1965	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	UNK0001572, 03-7601-1, -	Sunny -	M	#VALUE!	UNKNOWN	1972-Jun-01	19720601	Niagara Aquarium Foundation	-	-	-	Aquarium Niagara	-	-	-	-	-	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0005417, 03-7502-2, -	Spray -	F	1974-Jul-25 (A) 8.8 years old	Born	1974-Jul-25	19740725	Niagara Aquarium Foundation	-	-	-	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1983-May-08	19830508	Other(Bronchopneumonia Pulmonary Abscesses)	-	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0005418, 03-7901-2, -	Christmas -	F	1979-Dec-25 (A) 0.0 years old	Born	1979-Dec-25	19791225	Aquarium Niagara Falls	Gabrielle	???	-	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1980-Jan-06	19800106	Pulmonary Pneumocystosis	-	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0005427, -, -	- -	F	#VALUE!	Capt	1983-Jun-22	19830622	Gulf of Mexico, MS	Wild	Wild	Gulf of Mexico, Misssissippi to Holding, probably Marine Animal Productions (1983-Jun-22) to Release, Gulf of Mexico (1983-Jul-07)	Aquarium Niagara	Released	1983-Jul-07	19830707	-	-	public display, aquarium-niagara, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0005426, -, -	- -	F	#VALUE!	Capt	1983-Jun-23	19830623	Gulf of Mexico, MS	Wild	Wild	Gulf of Mexico, Misssissippi to Holding, probably Marine Animal Productions (1983-Jun-23)	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1983-Jun-23	19830623	Psychogenic Shock	Probably died during capture, never made it to Niagara	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0005428, 03-8302-2, -	Splash II -	F	#VALUE!	Capt	1983-Jul-12	19830712	Unknown	Wild	Wild	Unknown to Holding, Unknown (1983-Jul-12) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (1983-Aug-22)	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1995-Feb-10	19950210	Euthanasia, due to liver disease/pancreatitis	At least the second animal to be named Splash at Niagara	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0005436, 03-9201-2, -	Oblio -	F	1984-Jan-01 (E) 10.5 years old	Capt	1987-Aug-19	19870819	Unknown	Wild	Wild	Unknown to Holding, Unknown (1987-Aug-19) to Mystic Aquarium (1987-Oct-12) to Aquarium	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1994-Jun-27	19940627	Other(Pasturella Multocida Septicemia)	-	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0001086, XTT11, -	Arrow -	F	1984-Jan-01 (E) 13.9 years old	Capt	1987-Sep-03	19870903	Unknown	Wild	Wild	Unknown to Holding, Unknown (1987-Sep-03) to Mystic Aquarium (1987-Oct-12) to -Aquarium of Niagara Falls (1996-Dec-19) to Mystic Aquarium (1997-May-16) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (1997-Sep-08)	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1997-Dec-11	19971211	Septicemia (Vibrio)	-	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0005431, -, -	Charlie -	F	#VALUE!	Capt	1988-Feb-03	19880203	Indian River, FL	Wild	Wild	Indian River, near Melbourne, Florida to Holding (1988-Jan-xx) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (1988-Feb-03)	Aquarium Niagara	Died	1988-Apr-19	19880419	Acute Gastritis With Leukocytosis	-	public display, aquarium-niagara, died, dolphin

The information in the table below represents the rescue/rehab population of dolphins & porpoises held at this facility.  These animals are held off exhibit in quarantine or hospital pools.  The rescue/rehab inventory will include all historical rescues in addition to current patients (if any). If you’re having trouble finding a specific dolphin, check the tabs above, they may have moved or died.  Italics indicate a deceased individual.  

Last Updated: April 14, 2025 7:21 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)

The information in the table below represents animals that have transferred out of this facility with the date of transfer and the location where they moved to.  This entry only represents the most recent transfer date of of this particular location.  If a dolphin has transferred back and forth multiple times, only the latest transfer is listed, however, the complete transfer history can be viewed by expanding the row.

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfer From:	Transfer To:	Transfer Date:	Transfers (All)	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0002854, SWC-TT-8739, -	Echo	F	1958-Jan-01 (E) 29.1 years old	Capt	1963-xxx-xx	19630101	Atlantic Ocean	Wild	Wild	Aquarium Niagara	Marineland of the Pacific	1983-Aug-26	Atlantic Ocean, Unknown to Sealand of Cape Cod (??-???-1963) to Mystic Aquarium (~ 1973?) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (28-Jul-1975) to Marineland of the Pacific (26-Aug-1983) to SeaWorld San Diego (10-Feb-1987)	SeaWorld San Diego	Died	1987-Feb-24	19870224	Hepatic necrosis	-	public display, swc, seaworldllc, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0001101, , , , -	Misty II	F	1977-Jan-01 (E) 24.2 years old	Capt	1980-Jun-14	19800614	Gulf of Mexico, MS	Wild	Wild	Aquarium Niagara	Mystic Aquarium	1992-Jun-25	Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico to Marine Life Oceanarium (14-Jun-1980) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (26-May-1983) to Mystic Aquarium (25-Jun-1992) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (19-Dec-1996) to Mystic Aquarium (16-May-1997)	Mystic Marinelife Aquarium	Died	2001-Mar-15	20010315	Pyelonephritis, hepatomegaly	-	public display, mystic, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0001101, , , , -	Misty II	F	1977-Jan-01 (E) 24.2 years old	Capt	1980-Jun-14	19800614	Gulf of Mexico, MS	Wild	Wild	Aquarium Niagara	Mystic Aquarium	1997-May-16	Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico to Marine Life Oceanarium (14-Jun-1980) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (26-May-1983) to Mystic Aquarium (25-Jun-1992) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (19-Dec-1996) to Mystic Aquarium (16-May-1997)	Mystic Marinelife Aquarium	Died	2001-Mar-15	20010315	Pyelonephritis, hepatomegaly	-	public display, mystic, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	NOA0004417, MH-87-36-TT (New England Aquarium), 03-8303-1, DRC-91-12, AZA 239	Rainbow	M	1979-Jan-01 (E) 43.3 years old	Capt	1983-Jun-22	19830622	Gulf of Mexico, MS	Wild	Wild	Aquarium Niagara	New England Aquarium	1987-Jul-22	Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico to Marine Animal Productions (22-Jun-1983) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (22-Aug-1983) to New England Aquarium (22-Jul-1987) to Dolphin Research Center (23-Oct-1991)	Dolphin Research Center	Euthanized	2022-Apr-17	20220417	-	-	public display, drc, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus	-, , , , -	Nina	F	1981-Jan-01 (E) 18.8 years old	Capt	1984-Sep-05	19840905	Gulf of Mexico, MS	Wild	Wild	Aquarium Niagara	Mystic Aquarium	1997-May-16	Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico to Marine Life Oceanarium (05-Sep-1984) to Mystic Aquarium (01-Jul-1986) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (19-Dec-1996) to Mystic Aquarium (16-May-1997) to Aquarium of Niagara Falls (08-Sep-1997)	Mystic Marinelife Aquarium	Died	1999-Oct-10	19991010	Malignant adrenal pheochromocytoma	-	public display, mystic, died, dolphin

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