Mammalia |
Cetartiodactyla |
Delphinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
पिलाजिक; औशिनोड़िरोमस (संदर्भ 75906); गहराई सीमा 0 - 3793 m (संदर्भ 94963), usually 500 - 1100 m (संदर्भ 80612). Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?, range 210 - 220 cm Max length : 270 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 1394); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 210.0 kg (संदर्भ 1394)
Robust. Short beak, subtriangular to weakly falcate dorsal fin, pointed flippers, and relatively small concave flukes. Dark bluish to brownish-gray dorsal cape, pale gray flank, and white to pinkish belly. Wide dark gray to black stripe extending from the eye to the anus, conspicuously set off by thin pale cream-colored borders.
Pantropical distribution. Dolphins are directly caught for use as shark-bait in Sta. Ana and Aparri, Philippines (Ref. 77119). Minimum depth from Ref. 116169. Often seen near shore, along the outer continental shelf and in deep oceanic waters (Ref. 80620). Feeds in deep waterse (Ref. 122680). Feeds on mid-water fish, squid and crustaceans (Ref. 1394). Forms large social groups (Ref. 122680). Occasionally sighted with melon-headed whales, Peponocephala electra. (Ref. 80612).
Does not show strong evidence of seasonality in calving (Ref. 80616).
Tan, J.M.L. 1995. (संदर्भ 936)
IUCN Red List Status
(संदर्भ 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)
CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
Threat to humans
Human uses
मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक; ठहराव / प्रलोभन: usually
FAO - मात्स्यिकी: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us
साधन
अधिक जानकारी
Human RelatedAquaculture profiles
Stamps, coins, misc.
इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.5 - 3.8, mean 1.8 (based on 2563 cells).
लौटाव
ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (K=0.48; tm=8).
Vulnerability
High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.