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Striped dolphin

Mammals

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
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 coeruleoalba 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Stenella, Taxa
Source Striped dolphin (Wikidata)

In Biome

Coral Reef, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Stenella coeruleoalba (Animal Diversity Web)
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Belgium

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Brazil

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Canada

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Colombia

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Comoros

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Denmark

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Ecuador

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Eritrea

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France

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Greece

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Ireland

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Kenya

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Madagascar

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Mauritius

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Mexico

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Mozambique

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New Zealand

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Norway

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Portugal

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Seychelles

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Spain

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Taiwan

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Tanzania

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Venezuela

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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Striped dolphin (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is a dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. It is a member of the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae.
  • Human interaction
    Japanese whalers have hunted striped dolphins in the western Pacific since at least the 1940s and are one of the targeted species in the Taiji dolphin drive hunt.
  • Infobox: status2
    CITES_A2
  • Infobox: 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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4. NatureServe Explorer: Stenella coeruleoalba
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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5. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Stenella coeruleoalba (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES Appendix II
  • In Biome: Coral Reef, Habitat: Aquatic Biomes
    Aquatic Biomes benthic benthic reef reef coastal coastal
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