Sousa chinensis Chinese White Dolphin, Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin

Sousa chinensis is commonly referred to as Chinese White Dolphin, Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9724 

AphiaID:

220226 

Scientific:

Sousa chinensis 

German:

Weißer Delfin 

English:

Chinese White Dolphin, Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin 

Category:

Mamiphères 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Delphinidae (Family) > Sousa (Genus) > chinensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Osbeck, ), 1765 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pacific Ocean, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

1 - 500 Meter 

Size:

55.12" - 110.24" (140cm - 280cm) 

Weight:

284 kg 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Edible crab, Fish (little fishes) 

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix I (trade generally prohibited)) 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sousa chinensis
  Weißer Delfin
• Sousa plumbea
• Sousa teuszii

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-05-22 08:54:00 

Last edit:

2018-02-14 16:22:35 

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