Marine Mammals Information Database :Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals

Fraser's dolphin

Scientific Name : Lagenodelphis hosei / Japanese Name : sarawaku-iruka

Fraser's dolphin

Details

Order Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Odontoceti
Family Delphinidae
Genus Lagenodelphis
Species hosei
Subspecies -
Subtype -
CITES Appendix II IUCN RedData Status Least Concern
Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw 40-44 Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw 39-44
At birth At weaning Adult Adult male Adult female
Body length 3.5ft - 8ft - -
Body weight - - - - -
Feature and Habit
The body shape is robust. The beak is short. The flippers are small. The dorsal fin is triangular in shape, small and falcated. Fraser’s dolphins have keels on the dorsal and ventral edges at the tail stock. The dorsal side is blue gray and the ventral side is white. Adults have dark gray stripes between the face and the anus. They have 40-44 teeth in the upper jaw, and 39-44 in the lower . They inhabit in offshore waters. They are in small to large pods.
Description
Reference:
Stranding Record(s) in Japan
Map

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Sex - Reproductive Condition -
Body length - Locality Kamogawa, Chiba Pre.
Museum No. - Other No. -

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