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Dolphins
Rough-toothed Dolphin
(Steno bredanensis)
Has white lips, spots on the face and undersides, as well KINGDOM
as blotches and scars on its grayish-black body Animalia
Narrow dark cap on the back
Named after roughened surface teeth formed by irregular PHYLUM
ridges Chordata
Has a relatively long beak that is slightly curved upwards.
CLASS
Inhabits deep waters far from the continental shelf of the Mammalia
Sea of Oman and the Arabian Sea
ORDER
© ESO, 2005 Cetartiodactyla
FAMILY
Delphinidae
GENUS
Steno
LC Least Concern
(2018)
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