Marine Mammals Information Database :Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals

White-beaked dolphin

Scientific Name : Lagenorhynchus albirostris / Japanese Name : hanajirokama-iruka

White-beaked dolphin

Details

Order Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Odontoceti
Family Delphinidae
Genus Lagenorhynchus
Species albirostris
Subspecies -
Subtype -
CITES Appendix II IUCN RedData Status Least Concern
Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw 22-28 Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw 22-28
At birth At weaning Adult Adult male Adult female
Body length - - 10-10.5ft - -
Body weight - - 275kg - -
Feature and Habit
The White-beaked dolphin is large among the species of the genus Lagenorhynchus. The dorsal fin is high and falcated. The flippers are slightly curved. The beak is usually white or whitish gray. The dorsal and lateral sides are dark gray. The dorsal fin is black. The flippers are dark gray and continuous with the lateral body. Each teeth row is 22-28. They inhabit in offshore waters. They are in small pods of several dolphins. Sometimes they are in large pod of as many as 1500 dolphins.
Description
Reference:
Stranding Record(s) in Japan
No records exist.
Map

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Sex - Reproductive Condition adult
Body length - Locality North Atlantic
Museum No. - Other No. -

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