Mammals of the WorldStriped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Stenella
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Croatia|Slovenia|Albania|Algeria|American Samoa|Angola|Anguilla|Antigua and Barbuda|Aruba|Australia|Bahamas|Bangladesh|Barbados|Belize|Benin|Bermuda|Bonaire|Sint Eustatius|Saba|Brazil|Brunei|Cape Verde|Cambodia|Cameroon|Canada|Cayman Islands|China|Cocos Islands|Colombia|Comoros|Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Cook Islands|Costa Rica|Cuba|Curaçao|Cyprus|Cote d'Ivoire|Denmark|Djibouti|Dominica|Dominican Republic|Ecuador|Egypt|El Salvador|Equatorial Guinea|Fiji|France|French Guiana|French Polynesia|Gabon|Gambia|Germany|Greece|Greenland|Grenada|Guadeloupe|Guam|Guatemala|Guinea|Guinea-Bissau|Guyana|Haiti|Honduras|India|Indonesia|Iran|Ireland|Israel|Italy|Jamaica|Japan|Kenya|Kiribati|Kuwait|Liberia|Madagascar|Malaysia|Maldives|Marshall Islands|Martinique|Montenegro|Montserrat|Morocco|Mozambique|Myanmar|Namibia|Netherlands|New Caledonia|New Zealand|Nicaragua|Nigeria|Niue|Northern Marianas|Oman|Pakistan|Palau|Panama|Papua New Guinea|Peru|Philippines|Pitcairn|Portugal|Puerto Rico|Qatar|Russia|Saint Barthélemy|Saint Helena|Saint Kitts and Nevis|Saint Lucia|Sint Maarten|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Samoa|São Tomé and Príncipe|Saudi Arabia|Senegal|Sierra Leone|Singapore|Solomon Islands|Somalia|South Africa|Spain|Sri Lanka|Suriname|Taiwan|Tanzania|Thailand|East Timor|Togo|Tonga|Trinidad and Tobago|Turks and Caicos Islands|United Arab Emirates|United Kingdom|United States|Uruguay|Venezuela|Vietnam|British Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands|Wallis and Futuna|Yemen|Argentina?|Belgium?|Bosnia and Herzegovina?|Eritrea?|Iraq?|North Korea?|South Korea?|Lithuania?|Mayotte?|Nauru?|Norway?|Poland?|Seychelles?|Sudan?|Sweden?|Tuvalu?|Vanuatu?
- Realm
- Marine
Other names: Blue-white Dolphin|Euphrosyne Dolphin|Gray's Dolphin|Meyen's Dolphin|Streaker Porpoise|Whitebelly
About this species
- Size
- Adults 2.4m (females) to 2.6m (males)
- Weight
- 150–160kg
- Diet
- Fish, squid, octopus, krill and other crustaceans
- Habitat
- Temperate and tropical waters of all oceans
- Gestation
- About 12 months
The striped dolphin is found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans, including the Indian Ocean. It is similar in size and shape to several other dolphins but easy to recognise by its colouring: a blue, white or pink underside, one or two black bands circling the eyes and running to the flipper, and black appendages. Adults are about 2.4–2.6 m long and 150–160 kg (Wikipedia, general species account).
Like others in its genus it moves in large groups, usually up to thousands of animals, though groups may be smaller in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. It eats fish, squid, octopus, krill and other crustaceans. Gestation is about 12 months, with a three- or four-year gap between calvings, and animals live about 55–60 years. It is hunted in the western Pacific, including in the Taiji drive hunt. The cached account gives nothing specific to India (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)