Striped Dolphin

IUCN global conservation status: Minor preoccupation
 ACCOBAMS/IUCN global conservation status: Endangered
Mediterranean: RegularBlack Sea: Absent

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

   Scientific:

From Greek Stenos = narrow, referring to the shape of the snout, and from Latin caeruleus = blue and albus = white.

   Common:

Called “striped dolphin” due to the dark stripes running along its body.