Species Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, F.C. 1956. A new Sarawak dolphin. Sarawak Museum Journal 7(8, ns): 478-503 [478].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1895.5.9.1 skeleton, mouth of Lutong River, Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259 [60]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal in tropical waters.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, oceanic, pelagic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet consists of squid, crustaceans and deepsea fish.

 

General References

Amano, M., Miyasaki, N. & Yanagisawa, F. 1996. Life history of Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei, based on a school captured off the coast of Japan. Marine Mammal Science 12: 199-214

Baker, A. 1998. Whales and Dolphins of Australia and New Zealand. Wellington : Victoria University Press.

Bannister, J.L., Kemper, C.M. & Warneke, R.M. 1996. The Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 242 pp.

Jefferson, T.A. & Leatherwood, S. 1994. Lagenodelphis hosei. Mammalian Species 470: 1-5

Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R.R. 1983. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books xviii 302 pp.

Perrin, W.F., Best, P.B., Dawbin W.H., Balcomb, K.C. & Gambell, R. 1973. Rediscovery of Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei. Nature (London) 241: 345-350

Warneke, R.M. 1983. Whale stranding — accident or design. Australian Natural History 21: 43-47

Watson, L. 1981. Sea Guide to Whales of the World. London : Hutchinson 302 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Fraser's Dolphin)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Jun-2024		11-Jun-2024	MOVED
11-Jun-2024		11-Jun-2024	MOVED
16-Dec-2010		16-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)