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The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) is a species of bottlenose dolphin. This dolphin grows to 2.6 m (8.5 ft) long, and weighs up to 230 kg (510 lb). [ 4 ] It lives in the waters around India , northern Australia , South China , the Red Sea , and the eastern coast of Africa . [ 4 ]
The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) [3] is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. [4] This species is often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin in mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan as a common name.
Area covered by the Indo-Pacific biogeographic region Indo-Pacific. The green circle covers ASEAN.. The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two.
The bluebottle, Pacific man o' war or Indo-Pacific Portuguese man o' war, distinguished by a smaller float and a single long fishing tentacle, was originally considered a separate species in the same genus (P. utriculus). The name was synonymized with P. physalis in 2007, and it is now considered a regional form of the same species. [13] [14]
Their research indicates that at least four species make up the genus Sousa: the Atlantic humpback dolphin (S. teuszii), two species of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (S. plumbea and S. chinesis), and a fourth, new species of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin found off northern Australia, a distinction with potential to guide conservation efforts ...
Indo-Pacific region, Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea Molecular studies and morphological data have indicated that P. lunulata is a junior synonym of P. russelii , and that P. volitans may be a hybrid between P. miles and P. russelii sensu lato .
The dugong (Dugong dugong), the closest living relative of Steller's sea cow, lives in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean in more than 40 different countries. They are coastal animals supported by wide protected sea grass meadows. [24]
The Indo-Pacific tarpon migrates between the open sea and inland rivers. As with all Elopiformes, it spawns mainly offshore. [7] Juveniles of the species stay inshore and migrate to coastal areas while maturing to spawn. Typically, they spawn twice a year. At sea, the larvae migrate inland and are leptocephalic (flattened, transparent and eel ...