Striped dolphin  (Stenella coeruleoalba)

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Glossary

  • Beak: In cetacea (whales and dolphins): the elongated forward part of the head, comprising the lower jaw and upper jaw or ‘rostrum’.
  • By-catch: in the fishing industry, the part of the catch made up of non-target species.
  • Cephalopoda/ Cephalopod: from the Greek for ‘head-foot’, a class of molluscs that occur only in marine habitats. All species have grasping tentacles, and either an internal or external shell. Includes nautiloids, cuttlefish, squids, octopuses, and extinct ammonites and belemnites.
  • Crustacea: diverse group of arthropods (a phylum of animals with jointed limbs and a hard chitinous exoskeleton) characterised by the possession of two pairs of antennae, one pair of mandibles (parts of the mouthparts used for handling and processing food) and two pairs of maxillae (appendages used in eating, which are located behind the mandibles). Includes crabs, lobsters, shrimps, slaters, woodlice and barnacles.
  • Dorsal fin: the unpaired fin found on the back of the body of fish, or the raised structure on the back of most cetaceans.
  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Pelagic: inhabiting the open oceans.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (November, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (November, 2004)
    http://www.wdcs.org/species_guide.php
  3. CITES (November, 2004)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Convention on Migratory Species (November, 2004)
    http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/S_ceoruleoalba/s_coeruleoalba.htm
  5. UKBAP (June, 2008)
    http://www.ukbap.org.uk/species.aspx
  6. Archer, F. and Perrin, W. (1999) Stenella coeruleoalba. Mammalian Species, 603: 1 - 9.
  7. Animal Diversity Web (June, 2008)
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Stenella_coeruleoalba.html
  8. Wuertz, M. and Marrale, D. (1993) Food of striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, in the Ligurian Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 73 (3): 571 - 578.
  9. Calzada, N., Aguilar, A., Lockyer, C. and Grau, E. (1997) Patterns of growth and physical maturity in the western Mediterranean striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 75 (4): 632 - 637.
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