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Atlantic spotted dolphin

Mammals

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
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 5
Scientific Name
Stenella frontalis 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Stenella, Taxa
Source Atlantic spotted dolphin (Wikidata)

In Biome

Open Ocean, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Stenella frontalis
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Found In

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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.
  • Infobox: status2
    CITES_A2
  • Infobox: 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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4. NatureServe Explorer: Stenella frontalis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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5. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Stenella frontalis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES Appendix II
  • In Biome: Open Ocean, Habitat Regions, biome: pelagic
    pelagic pelagic
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