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Stenella coeruleoalba

(Meyen, 1833)

Striped Dolphin

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103059
Element CodeAMAGE01050
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
CITESAppendix II
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassMammalia
OrderCetacea
FamilyDelphinidae
GenusStenella
Other Common Names
Dauphin bleu (FR) Estenela Listada (ES)
Concept Reference
Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (editors). 1993. Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. xviii + 1206 pp. Available online at: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/msw/.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-04-05
Change Date1996-11-15
Range Extent Comments
Tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate oceans. Reportedly the most common cetacean in Mediterranean Sea. Proposed discrete stocks: one off South Africa, one or two in the eastern tropical Pacific, and another in the western North Pacific (see IUCN 1991). Widely distributed and relatively common.
Threat Impact Comments
Comprises a minor component of dolphins killed by purse-seine tuna fishery in eastern tropical Pacific. There is some concern about the levels of direct and indirect catching in various parts of the range (IUCN 1991). Population off Japan declined from the mid-1940s through at least the early 1980s, due to overexploitation (see Baird et al. 1993).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Warm temperate and tropical seas; inhabits offshore and coastal waters; usually offshore in most areas. Young are born in the water.

Ecology

Gregarious; commonly in groups of a few hundred, sometimes in herds of several thousand; group size in the Atlantic apparently tends to be smaller than that in the Pacific (IUCN 1991); groups are segregated by age class (Leatherwood and Reeves 1983, IUCN 1991).

Reproduction

In the western Pacific, mating peaks in winter, spring, and possibly late summer; gestation lasts about 1 year; adult females produce single calf every 3 years; weaning completed at about 1.5 years; sexual maturity in 5-9 years, though newly mature males may not mate.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNU
ProvinceRankNative
New YorkSNRNYes
FloridaSNRYes
South CarolinaS4Yes
MarylandSNAYes
North CarolinaSNAYes
OregonSNAYes
MassachusettsS2Yes
DelawareSNAYes
AlaskaSNAYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
5 - Biological resource use——High (continuing)
5.4 - Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources——High (continuing)
8 - Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases——High (continuing)
8.2 - Problematic native species/diseases——High (continuing)
9 - Pollution——High (continuing)
9.1 - Domestic & urban waste water——High (continuing)
9.2 - Industrial & military effluents——High (continuing)
9.3 - Agricultural & forestry effluents——High (continuing)

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Roadless Areas (1)
Oregon (1)
AreaForestAcres
TenmileSiuslaw National Forest10,818
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