Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin

Steno bredanensis is commonly referred to as Rough-toothed dolphin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

15249 

AphiaID:

137110 

Scientific:

Steno bredanensis 

German:

Rauzahndelfin 

English:

Rough-toothed Dolphin 

Category:

Mammals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Delphinidae (Family) > Steno (Genus) > bredanensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(G. Cuvier in Lesson, ), 1828 

Occurrence:

Sudan, El Salvador, Barbados, Eritrea, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Ghana, Zirkumsubtropisch, Kuwait, Tunesien, Gambia, Benin, Suriname, Djibouti, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bali, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Circum temperate, Circumtropic, Columbia, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lebanon, Lesser Antilles, Lybia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Quatar, Red Sea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Timor, Togo, Tokelau, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, U.S., Wallis and Futuna, West Africa, West Coast USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 3290 Meter 

Size:

up to 111.42" (283 cm) 

Weight:

160 kg 

Temperature:

~ 95 °F (35°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Sepia 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Steno bredanensis
  Rauzahndelfin

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-10-09 19:10:19 

Last edit:

2022-10-11 22:15:33 

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