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Steno bredanensis

(Lesson, 1828). Rist. Nat. Gen. Part. Mamrn. Oiseaux, 1:206.


©2002 (photo by P. Lai & B. Stanley; USNM 49628)

ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Delphinidae

COMMON NAME—Rough-toothed dolphin.

DISTRIBUTION—Tropical to subtropical, between 40°N and 35°S. Sighted in the Sulu Sea (Dolar, unpubl. data), accidentally caught in a fishery in the Celebes Sea (Dolar & Wood, 1993).

HABITAT—Deep oceanic waters.

STATUS—Uncommon in the Philippines.
CITES: Appendix II. IUCN: Insufficiently known (Klinowska, 1991).


©2002 (P. Hamilton)

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