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Dolphins

        Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

                 (Stenella attenuata)

                Found always with tuna fish, so fishermen know the               KINGDOM
                whereabouts of tuna fish through them                           Animalia
                Not acrobatic, but leaps and falls into the water on its side
                Spots or dots on its body                                      PHYLUM
                White beak tip, and probably white lips                        Chordata
                Black band around the eyes extending to the beak
                                                                               CLASS
                Found in the Sea of Oman , the Arabian Sea, and other          Mammalia
                areas of the Arabian Peninsula
                6.2m long                                                      ORDER
                120kg weight                                                   Cetartiodactyla

                                                                               FAMILY
                                                                               Delphinidae

                                                                               GENUS
                                                                               Stenella

                                                                               LC  Least Concern
                                                                                   (2018)

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