Dall's porpoise

E740999

marine mammal porpoise

Dall's porpoise is a fast-swimming, black-and-white marine mammal found in cold North Pacific waters, known for its torpedo-shaped body and distinctive rooster-tail spray when surfacing.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marine mammal ⓘ porpoise ⓘ
averageLitterSize	one calf ⓘ
binomialName	Phocoenoides dalli NERFINISHED ⓘ
bodyColor	black and white ⓘ
class	Mammalia ⓘ
commonName	Dall's porpoise NERFINISHED ⓘ
communication	echolocation clicks ⓘ
diet	crustaceans ⓘ fish ⓘ squid ⓘ
distinctiveFeature	rooster-tail spray when surfacing ⓘ triangular dorsal fin ⓘ white lateral flank patches ⓘ
distributionLimit	Bering Strait region NERFINISHED ⓘ southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Japan ⓘ
family	Phocoenidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
feedingType	carnivore ⓘ
genus	Phocoenoides NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat	cold temperate marine waters ⓘ deep coastal waters ⓘ offshore waters ⓘ
hasBodyShape	torpedo-shaped body ⓘ
hasCalvingSeason	summer ⓘ
IUCNStatus	Least Concern ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
maximumLength	about 2.3 metres ⓘ
maximumWeight	about 220 kilograms ⓘ
namedAfter	W. H. Dall NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTo	Bering Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Okhotsk Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Cetacea ⓘ
parentTaxon	Phocoenoides dalli NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	viviparous ⓘ
sexualDimorphism	males larger than females ⓘ
socialBehavior	forms small groups ⓘ sometimes associates with large whales ⓘ
swimmingSpeed	very fast swimmer ⓘ
taxonRank	species ⓘ
threat	bycatch in fisheries ⓘ hunting in some regions ⓘ marine noise pollution ⓘ pollutant accumulation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Race Rocks → hasFauna → Dall's porpoise ⓘ

Johnstone Strait → marineMammalSpeciesObserved → Dall's porpoise ⓘ

Lagenorhynchus → hasSpecies → Dall's porpoise ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lagenorhynchus obliquidens