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Dolphins

           Striped Dolphin

                  (Stenella coeruleoalba)

Fast and acrobatic as it rotates its tail completely while     KINGDOM
leaping                                                        Animalia
Has a thin dark stripe extends from the eye back towards
the underside of the tail stock                                PHYLUM
White stripe in shoulder curves up from he top of the lateral  Chordata
fins towards the dorsal fin
                                                               CLASS
Found in the deep waters of the Sea of Oman, the Arabian       Mammalia
Sea, and other seas of the Arabian Peninsula
2.56m long                                                     ORDER
Weighs approximately 156kg                                     Cetartiodactyla

                                                               FAMILY
                                                               Delphinidae

                                                               GENUS
                                                               Stenella

                                                               LC  Least Concern
                                                                   (2018)

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