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.
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Scientific Name Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Classification
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Child Taxon Of
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Stenella frontalis
Stenella, Taxa Source Atlantic spotted dolphin (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Stenella frontalis
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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.
Human interaction
Atlantic spotted dolphins are an occasional target of harpoon fishermen, and every year some creatures are trapped and killed in gill nets, but these activities are not currently believed to be threatening the survival of the species.
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CITES_A2
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LC
View the Source3. 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)
View the Source 4. NatureServe Explorer: Stenella frontalis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
5. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Stenella frontalis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyReproduction, lifespan
Range lifespan Status: captivity 0 to 1 years
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES Appendix II
Child Taxon Of: Delphinidae, Classification, family
Delphinidae dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives
In Biome: Open Ocean, Habitat Regions, biome: pelagic
pelagic pelagic
View the Source 6. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)Row: stenella frontalis
5376 Stenella frontalis Delphinidae 60 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC M A 1 1 1 Ref_1 ABC 110000 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt row Stenella frontalis, Activity columns
Stenella frontalis Delphinidae 60 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC M A 1 1 1
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