Atlantic humpbacked dolphin (Sousa teuszii) |French:||Dauphin À
Bosse De L'Atlantique, Dauphin Du Cameroun| |Spanish:||Bufeo
Africano, Delfín Blanco Africano, Delfín Jorobado Del Atlántico|
|Size||Maximum length: 2.5 – 2.8 m (2)| |Weight||up to 284 kg
(3)| Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1) and
listed on Appendix I of CITES (4). The most distinctive feature
of this rather elusive cetacean is its distinctive humped
appearance when it breaks the ocean’s surface to breathe (2).
This is caused by the wide hump or ridge on the dolphin’s back,
from which the dorsal fin emerges (3). The Atlantic humpbacked
dolphin is a robust-bodied marine mammal (2), typically slate
grey on the sides and back and light grey on the underside (3).
It has a long, narrow, distinct beak (2) (3), broad flippers
that are rounded at the tip, and a broad tail fin, deeply
notched in the centre (2). It is thought that, like the better
known and closely related Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin (Sousa
chinensis), male Atlanti