Photo: Marilia Olio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 1.7 to 2.4 m
- 🌊 open water and coasts; groups
- 🛡️ Least Concern (IUCN)
The pantropical spotted dolphin is born without spots; they appear with age and become more and more numerous, so that old individuals seem dusted with white dots. It lives in sometimes large groups, often with other dolphins.
Did you know?
The appearance of spotted dolphins changes throughout their lives: a young one is entirely grey and an adult is covered with spots.
Source: Biology of the species
The Tahitian name of this species is not yet confirmed in our sources.
Tahitian names: sources being verified. French name: Dauphin tacheté pantropical.
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