Southern Smooth Dolphin
| Southern Smooth Dolphin | ||||||||||||
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A school of southern right dolphins |
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| Lissodelphis peronii | ||||||||||||
| ( Lacépède , 1804) |
The southern smooth dolphin ( Lissodelphis peronii ) is one of the two representatives of the genus Lissodelphis within the dolphins (Delphinidae). It is at home in the open sea of the entire temperate zone of the southern hemisphere. The northernmost occurrence is on the 19th parallel southern latitude.
features
The smooth dolphin differs from all other dolphin species in the complete absence of the fin . Southern smooth dolphins are very slender, up to 3 m long dolphins. Females reach a length of approximately 2.3 m. The maximum weight is around 100 kg. The snout, fins, flanks and belly are white, otherwise this dolphin is black. Calves are gray or spotted.
behavior
The southern smooth dolphin occurs in schools with up to 1000 animals.
Duration
There are no estimates for the total population.
literature
- R. Wandrey: Whales and Seals of the World . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags GmbH, 1997, ISBN 3-440-07047-6
Web links
- Lissodelphis peronii inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.1. Posted by: Hammond, PS, Bearzi, G., Bjørge, A., Forney, KA, Karkzmarski, L., Kasuya, T., Perrin, WF, Scott, MD, Wang, JY, Wells, RS & Wilson, B ., 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2013.