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Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005
Australian snubfin dolphin| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Delphinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 0 - 200 m, usually 1 - 10 m. Tropical; 7°S - 90°S, 100°E - 180°E
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Indo-Pacific: Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 270 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78832); 230 cm TL (female)
Short description Morphology
In lateral view the head is rounded and usually bounded by a distinct neck crease, lacking dorsal groove; mesethmoid plate reduced and generally in advance of the anterior most nasal ossicle, exposing a large area of the frontal bone; presence of supernumerary bone between nasal ossicles and posterior border of mesethmoid; has a greater length of the antiorbital process and a more closely opposed pterygoid hamuli with medial flanges.
Occurs in protected, shallow, coastal waters especially adjacent to river and creek mouths (Ref. 79537).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Beasley, I., K.M. Robertson and P. Arnold. 2005. (Ref. 78832)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Vulnerable (VU) (A2cd+3cd+4cd; C2a(i)); Date assessed: 06 June 2017
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Appendix I: International trade banned
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource |
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Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 26.9 - 28.8, mean 28 (based on 452 cells).