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Scientific Name: Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
English Name: Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin
Local/Bangla Name: Golapi dolphin (গোলাপি ডলফিন)
Photo: Thomas Jefferson
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Delphinidae
Description:
With a demarcation line separating it from the little melon, the beak is clearly defined. The blowhole is a little hump that protrudes from the forehead. With a gradual rise to a falcate fin, the dorsal fin gives the impression that the edges of the flippers are rounded. The tips of the narrow, well-developed flukes are pointy, and there is a little midline notch. These dolphins have a ventral region that is pink and an ivory coloration. The flukes and fins have a pinkish-brown coloration.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Swatch-of-No-Ground
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA and Khondker M (eds) (2009) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol 27 Mammals Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 264 pp
Other References:
Karim MS and Uddin MM (2019) Swatch-of-no-ground marine protected area for sharks, dolphins, porpoises and whales: Legal and institutional challenges Marine Pollution Bulletin 139: 275–281
Nishat AH, Imamul SM, Barua, Shuvashish P, Reza, Ali AHM, Khan, Moniruzzaman AS (2002) Bio-ecological Zones of Bangladesh IUCN Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xii+ 131 pp
Thomas Jefferson
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