Mammalia | 
Cetartiodactyla | 
Delphinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic.  Temperate; 0°N -   90°S, 180°W -   180°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 216 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); max. published weight: 115.0 kg (Ref. 1394)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Coastal animals, found in bays and inlets, around islands and over the continental shelf; frequently seen close to shore and sometimes shoreward of kelp beds.  Feeds on octopus, róbalo (snooks, family Centropomidae) and pejerrey (silversides, family Atherinidae) (Ref. 1394). Coastal animals, found in bays and inlets, around islands and over the continental shelf; frequently seen close to shore and sometimes shoreward of kelp beds.  Feeds on octopus, róbalo (snooks, family Centropomidae) and pejerrey (silversides, family Atherinidae) (Ref. 1394).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber 1993 FAO species Identification Guide: Marine Mammals of the World. Rome, FAO. 320 p. + 587 figures. (Ref. 1394)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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  PhysiologyOxygen consumption
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 6.4 - 15.6, mean 10.5 (based on 438 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.