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Common dolphin

CITES Appendix	II	IUCN RedData Status	Least Concern
Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw	40-50	Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw	40-50

	At birth	At weaning	Adult	Adult male	Adult female
Body length	-	-	7.5-8.0ft	-	-
Body weight	-	-	80-135kg	-	-

Feature and Habit
They have distinct (well-defined) beak. The dorsal fin is high, pointed, falcated triangular, and located at almost middle of the body. Yellow or yellowish brown and the gray patterns intersect each other in lateral surface of the body. The dorsal side is black and the ventral side is white. The beak is black and the tip is white. They have black thin stripes from the flippers to the middle of the lower jaw and from the eyes and to the melon. Each teeth row is 45-50. They usually inhabit in offshore waters. They are in pods of about 50 dolphins and sometimes over 1000.
Description
国立科学博物館での分類による。(小川鼎三, 1936. 本邦の齒鯨に關する研究（第1回）, 植物及び動物, 4(7):1159-1171.) Reference： ▼
Stranding Record(s) in Japan
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