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Mammals & birds

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops aduncus

Also known as: Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphin, Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, Red Sea Bottlenose Dolphin, Southern Bottlenose Dolphin

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2019
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@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · February 20071 / 15
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Overview

Found in pairs or large pods, over rocky bottoms and seagrass beds, in most waters from inshore to open ocean.
They feed on crabs, small bony fish, octopus, and squid.
Widespread Southern Atlantic, Indo-Pacific

Dolphins are very social animals and curious of divers.
They feed by echo location usually on schooling pelagic fish.

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How to identify

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Behaviour
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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, Southeast Atlantic
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Found in pairs or large pods, over rocky bottoms and seagrass beds, in most waters from inshore to open ocean.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classMammalia
    4. orderCetartiodactyla
    5. familyDelphinidae
    6. genusTursiops
    7. speciesTursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832 [1833])

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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