Species: Delphinus capensis
Long-beaked Common Dolphin
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Cetacea
Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Delphinus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Delfín Común de Hocico Largo - Long-beaked Saddleback Dolphin
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Whales and Dolphins
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae - Delphinus - ) as distinct species.
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Marine
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Feeds opportunistically on schooling fishes (e.g., smelt, herring, mackerel, mullet, lantern fish) and squid.
Reproduction Comments
Presumably similar to D. DELPHIS.
Ecology Comments
Travels in groups.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-11-15
Global Status Last Changed
1996-11-15
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
In the eastern Pacific, recorded from Point Conception, California, south to Peru, including the Gulf of California; in the western Pacific, known from the coasts of Korea, southern Japan, and Taiwan; records from the Atlantic are from coastal Venezuela south to the La Plata region of Argentina; also occurs along the west coast of Africa and in waters off South Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula; nominal species D. TROPICALIS, occurring around the edges of the Arabian Sea and some areas off southeastern Asia, may be this species (Heyning and Perrin 1994).