Mammalia | 
Cetartiodactyla | 
Delphinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 75906); depth range 0 - 3290 m (Ref. 116169).  Tropical; 35°C -  ? (Ref. 75906); 90°N -   90°S, 180°W -   180°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific.  Tropical to temperate.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm 216.0, range 212 -  217 cm Max length : 280 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); max. published weight: 150.0 kg (Ref. 1394)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Dolphins are directly caught for use as shark-bait in Sta. Ana and Aparri, Philippines (Ref. 77119). Inhabits deep oceanic waters (Ref. 1394).  Often in groups of 10 to 20 individuals (Ref. 801).  Feeds in deep waters (Ref. 122680).  Feeds on cephalopods and fish like mahi mahi (Ref. 1394).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Tan, J.M.L. 1995 A Field Guide to the Whales and Dolphins in the Philippines. Makati City: Bookmark. 125 p. (Ref. 936)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial; bait: usually			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 2.4 - 13.9, mean 4.5 (based on 4864 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					Resilience  				
				
				
					High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.32; tm=7.5).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.