Cephalorhynchus hectori maui Maui's dolphin

Cephalorhynchus hectori maui is commonly referred to as Maui's dolphin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8505 

AphiaID:

368869 

Scientific:

Cephalorhynchus hectori maui 

German:

Hector-Delfin 

English:

Maui's Dolphin 

Category:

Mammals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Delphinidae (Family) > Cephalorhynchus (Genus) > hectori maui (Species) 

Initial determination:

Baker, Smith & Pichler, 2002 

Occurrence:

New Zealand 

Sea depth:

0 - 150 Meter 

Size:

47.24" - 59.06" (120cm - 150cm) 

Weight:

57 kg 

Temperature:

60.8 °F - 68 °F (16°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Sepia 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

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:

Endangered (EN) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cephalorhynchus commersonii
  Commerson-Delfin, Schwarz-Weiß-Delfine, Jacobita
• Cephalorhynchus eutropia
• 
  Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
  Heaviside-Delfin
• Cephalorhynchus hectori

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cephalorhynchus hectori maui
  Hector-Delfin

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-06-20 19:02:49 

Last edit:

2020-04-22 18:00:29 

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