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Lagenodelphis hosei   Fraser, 1956

Fraser's dolphin

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Grenada country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gj.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/grenada-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Delphinidae (marine or true dolphins)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

Pelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 75906); rango de profundidad 0 - 3793 m (Ref. 94963), usually 500 - 1100 m (Ref. 80612).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 210 - 220 cm Max length : 270 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1394); peso máximo publicado: 210.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Short description Morfología

Robust. Short beak, subtriangular to weakly falcate dorsal fin, pointed flippers, and relatively small concave flukes. Dark bluish to brownish-gray dorsal cape, pale gray flank, and white to pinkish belly. Wide dark gray to black stripe extending from the eye to the anus, conspicuously set off by thin pale cream-colored borders.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Pantropical distribution. Dolphins are directly caught for use as shark-bait in Sta. Ana and Aparri, Philippines (Ref. 77119). Minimum depth from Ref. 116169. Often seen near shore, along the outer continental shelf and in deep oceanic waters (Ref. 80620). Feeds in deep waterse (Ref. 122680). Feeds on mid-water fish, squid and crustaceans (Ref. 1394). Forms large social groups (Ref. 122680). Occasionally sighted with melon-headed whales, Peponocephala electra. (Ref. 80612).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Does not show strong evidence of seasonality in calving (Ref. 80616).

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Tan, J.M.L. 1995. (Ref. 936)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 February 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; carnada: usually
FAO - pesquerías: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Herramientas

Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesquerías: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.5 - 3.8, mean 1.8 (based on 2563 cells).
Resiliencia (Ref. 69278) Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.48; tm=8).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.