#0139 · 🦊 mammals

Striped Dolphin

🇳🇱 Gestreepte Dolfijn ·Stenella coeruleoalba

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Alfiero Brisotto · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Sergio Martínez · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Remy DUBAS · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Cape Breton, CA-NS, CA:© Steven McGrath · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Mer Méditerranée, IT:© Anaëlle FRANCIA · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 17100 Savona SV, Italia:© gabmot · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. North Atlantic Ocean:© Irina Barabanova · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. California Current:© Jim Carretta · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Dare County, NC, USA:© hannahrjp · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The striped dolphin ( Stenella coeruleoalba ) is an extensively studied dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. It is a member of the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,599iNaturalist observations
weight 11.3 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,599 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 11.3 kg.
Scientifically named by Franz Meyen in 1833 (193 years ago).