Steno bredanensis

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Category of Organisms	Marine Mammals
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum/Division	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Delphinidae
Genus	Steno
Species	bredanensis
Binomial Name	Steno bredanensis
Author	G.Cuvier in Lesson, 1828
Common Name	Rough-toothed dolphin
Local Name
Size Range	The dolphin grows up to about 2.5m in length and weighs about 150kg.
Environment/Habitat	Pelagic cosmopolitan, found in tropical to warm-temperature waters (220-250 C) of all oceans, Range between 400 N and 400 S.
Importance/Value
Resilience
Endemic	No
Found in Marine Park	No
Found in Malaysia	Yes
Distribution
Morphology/Character	The characteristic feature of this dolphin is its conical head and slender nose. The flippers are set back further along the body than in other similar dolphins (at sea this dolphin may be confused with the Spinner, Spotted and Bottlenose Dolphins.) The dorsal fin is pronounced. The lips, throat and belly are pinky-white. The flanks are a light grey and the back and dorsal fin a much darker grey. The dolphin grows up to about 2.5m in length and weighs about 150kg. The species is social. Group sizes are commonly as large as fifty and groups as large as 100 have been reported. The dolphin has not been observed to bow-ride but does "skim" - swim with their heads and chin above the surface of the water.
Biology	Feeding habits is Pelagic fish, squid and other inverterbrates
Miscellaneaous
Status in IUCN Red List	Least Concern (LC)
Status in CITES Species Database	II
Researcher(s)
Reference(s)	RALF KIEFNER, WHALES & DOLPHINS CETACEAN WORLD GUIDE, PUBLISHED BY IKAN, Page: 250
Other Link(s)	http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20738 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steno_bredanensis
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