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Pantropical spotted dolphin

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The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a slender oceanic dolphin found throughout the world's tropical and temperate oceans. Adults measure about 2.5 meters in length and weigh 110 to 140 kilograms, with a long thin beak, a thin falcate dorsal fin, a dark gray back and whitish chin and belly, and light spots that increase in number and size with age, though young animals are unspotted and can resemble bottlenose dolphins. It ranges between about 40 degrees north and 40 degrees south, generally favoring shallow warm water above 25 degrees Celsius, and in the eastern Pacific it is often found associating with, though not feeding on, schools of yellowfin tuna. It feeds on small fish, squid and crustaceans near the surface, and though it remains the second most abundant cetacean after the bottlenose dolphin, with a global population above three million, that population has fallen from an estimated seven million or more since the 1950s. 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 attenuata 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Stenella, Taxa
Source Pantropical spotted dolphin (Wikidata)
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1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
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3. Pantropical spotted dolphin (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q764242 (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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4. Pantropical spotted dolphin (Wikipedia)
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
Quote, Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
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