Stenella coeruleoalba   (Meyen, 1833)

Striped dolphin

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Cetartiodactyla | Delphinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

Océanodrome (Ref. 75906); profondeur 0 - 4600 m (Ref. 116169).  Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Circumglobal. Tropical and temperate waters.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm 218.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 260 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 1394); poids max. publié: 156.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Description synthétique Morphologie

Dorsal cape: muted blue or bluish-gray. Eye to anus flipper stripes: darker blue or bluish-black. Dark stripe subtending the eye-to-anus stripe usually present. Some individuals have distinct subtending stripe from the eye-to-anus stripe at its origin near the eye, while others the two fuse farther behind the eye only to bifurcate further posteriorly.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits warm waters (Ref. 1394). Feeds on small, mid-water squid and fish, especially lanternfish (Ref. 1394). Preyed upon by the great white shark (Ref. 36856) and blue sharks (Ref. 50255). A warm water species (Ref. 1394). Occasionally occurs in neritic habitats. Abundant in offshore and erratic over the shelf of Bay of Biscay (Ref. 81175). Feeds throughout the water column (Ref. 122680). Feeds on small, mid-water squid and fish, especially lanternfish (Ref. 1394). Although an oceanic species, they make temporary incursions over neritic and coastal habitats to feed. Oceanic prey are from mesopelagic community while neritic prey are mostly epibenthic (Ref. 81175).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Sexual dimorphism: 2 to 3 years. Sexual maturity: between 7 to 15 years, 220 cm mean body length for males; between 5 to 13 years, 212 cm mean body length for females. Gestation: 12 to 13 months. Nursing: up to 1.5 years. Female fecundity decreases at around age 30. Maximum age: estimated at 57.5 years.

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 April 2018

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Menace pour l'homme

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Outils

E-book | Guide de terrain

Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pêcheries: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.3 - 4.5, mean 1.9 (based on 24291 cells).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (84 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.