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Stenella attenuata, Pantropical spotted dolphin
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CMS: Stenella attenuata, Pantropical spotted dolphin
English: Pantropical spotted dolphin
German: Schlankdelphin
Spanish: Delfín manchado
French: Dauphin tacheté
Drawing of S. attenuata © Würtz-Artescienza
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1. Description
Adult
S. attenuata
can be identified by their long beak,
sharply demarcated from the melon, slender body, strongly falcate
(curved backward) fin and spotted body. The newborn calf is unspotted.
In adults, the ventral spots fuse and fade to a medium grey, and
the dorsal light spots intensify, sometimes to the point of making
the animal appear nearly white above. In adults, the tip of the
beak is white. Details of coloration vary regionally. Adults range
from 166 to 257 cm and weigh up to 119 kg. Males are on average
slightly larger than females. As oppose to S. frontalis, with which
it may easily be confounded,
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