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Lagenodelphis hosei
Fraser, 1956. Sarawak Mus. J., n.s., 8(7):496.
©2002 (photo by B. Stanley; USNM 550022)
ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Delphinidae
COMMON NAME—Fraser's
dolphin.
DISTRIBUTION—Pantropical, largely between 30°N and 30°S.
Distributed widely in the Philippines. Sighted in the Bohol Sea, Cebu
Strait, Sulu Sea, and Celebes Sea (Dolar & Perrin, 1996; Dolac &
Wood, 1993; Leatherwood et al., 1992; Hammon & Leatherwood, 1984).
Specimens are from the eastern Sulu Sea (SUML).
HABITAT—Oceanic but can be seen near shore in areas where deep water
approaches the coast as in the Philippines (Dolar & Perrin 1996; Jefferson
et al., 1994).
STATUS—Very common in the Philippines.
CITES: Appendix II. IUCN: Insufficiently known (Klinowska, 1991).
©2002
(P. Hamilton)
© 2002
(photo by W. F. Perrin)
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