Species Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) (Spinner dolphin)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Cetacea
  • ---- family: Delphinidae
  • ----- species: Stenella longirostris
Characteristics:carnivore; length: 2,1 m; long beak; dark grey-brown above, pale-grey to white below; leaps out of the water and spinns around longitudinal axis;
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZA
South Africa
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 280
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/32010421
Date: 2009-03-18
Creator: Robert Pitman, NOAA Fisheries
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Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/32010418
Date: 2009-03-18
Creator: Howard Goldstein, NOAA Fisheries
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Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27747107
Creator: Mikol
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Comments: Spanish: Delfines acróbata de hocico largo con cría
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