Mammalia | 
Cetartiodactyla | 
Delphinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic.  Subtropical; 0°N -   90°S, 180°W -   180°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southeast Atlantic:  Namibia and South Africa.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 170 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found in coastal shallow waters.  Feeding is meager; feeds on several varieties of fish and cephalopods (Ref. 1394). Found in coastal shallow waters.  Feeding is meager; feeds on several varieties of fish and cephalopods (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			
			
			
				FAO - Fisheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us			
			
			
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 13.9 - 19.4, mean 16.3 (based on 36 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.