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Atlantic spotted dolphin

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The Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) lives in warm temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Cod and West Africa south to Brazil and including the Gulf of Mexico, the Azores and the Canary Islands. Adult males reach about 2.26 meters and 140 kilograms and females about 2.29 meters and 130 kilograms, and the species undergoes a striking change in coloration with age, from the plain gray white of newborns through a speckled juvenile phase to the heavy dark and white spotting of mature adults on both back and belly. It hunts cooperatively in groups, mostly at night, taking small fish, bottom dwelling invertebrates and cephalopods such as squid at depths of up to about 60 meters. 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 frontalis 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Stenella, Taxa
Source Atlantic spotted dolphin (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Atlantic spotted dolphin (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) lives in warm temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Cod and West Africa south to Brazil and including the Gulf of Mexico, the Azores and the Canary Islands.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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3. Atlantic spotted dolphin (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q247990 (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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