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Striped dolphin

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The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is a member of the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae found in temperate and tropical waters of every ocean. Adults reach about 2.4 meters in females and 2.6 meters in males, weighing 150 to 160 kilograms, and are marked by one or two black bands that circle each eye and run back across the body to the flipper, with a blue, white or pink underside and black flippers, flukes and dorsal fin. It lives across the North and South Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, roughly between 40 degrees north and 30 degrees south, generally preferring water between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius. Its diet includes fish, squid, octopus, krill and other crustaceans, with Mediterranean populations favoring hake, sardine and cephalopods, and the total world population is estimated at more than two million, though some regional populations have declined sharply. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Piscivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Stenella coeruleoalba 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Stenella, Taxa
Source Striped dolphin (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Striped dolphin (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is a member of the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae found in temperate and tropical waters of every ocean.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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3. Striped dolphin (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q215332 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Stenella, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q594051 (Stenella)
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