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Sousa chinensis   (Osbeck, 1765)

Pacific humpback dolphin
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Sousa chinensis

Australia 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: C: Refs. 1522, 1394, M: Ref. 1394.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Indo-pac. hump-backed dolphin, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

αμφίδρομο (Ref. 75906); Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 0 - 500 m, usually 1 - 100 m.   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 18°E - 155°E

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Indo-West Pacific. [eastern Taiwan Strait population: IUCN 2017 (Ref. 115185): CR, C2a(i,ii); D.]

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm 235.0, range 200 - 250 cm Max length : 320 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 1394); 250 cm TL (female); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 284.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Inhabit tropical to warm temperate coastal waters and they enter rivers, estuaries, and mangroves. Feeding is primarily on nearshore, estuaries and reef fish (Ref. 1394). Inhabits tropical to warm temperate coastal waters and they enter rivers, estuaries, and mangroves (Ref. 1394). Usually in groups of 10 or fewer individuals (Ref. 801). Feeding is primarily on nearshore, estuaries, specifically on reef fish (Ref. 1394). Feeds on bony fishes (Ref. 85079) and squids (Ref. 80529). Great white shark Carcharodon carcharias is reported to be its potential predator (Ref. 104929).

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Ευάλωτο, βλέπε Κόκκινη Λίστα (VU) (A3cd+4cd); Date assessed: 22 June 2015

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - αλιεία: landings, species profile | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

E-book | Οδηγός πεδίου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.2 - 29.1, mean 27.9 (based on 4436 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.