Original scientific paper

Unusual sighting of a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the Kvarnerić, Northern Adriatic sea

Giovanni Bearzi ; Tethys Research Institute, viale G.B. Gadio 2, 20121 Milano, Italy
Caterina Maria Fortuna ; Tethys Research Institute, viale G.B. Gadio 2, 20121 Milano, Italy
Giuseppe Notabartolo di Sciara ; Tethys Research Institute, viale G.B. Gadio 2, 20121 Milano, Italy

Abstract

An adult striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, was encountered east of the island of Lošinj on 6 May 1996, and observed from a small inflatable boat for 5 hours. The only cetacean species that has been consistently observed in the Northern Adriatic Sea in the last decades is the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus.
Occasional reports of striped dolphins in the Central and Northern Adriatic Sea may simply reflect the occurrence of stray individuals, but the fact that such observations have only occurred recently might be indicative of a progressive extension of the striped dolphin's range, as has been reported for other Mediterranean areas.

Keywords

Striped dolphin; Stenella coeruleoalba; Mediterranean Sea; Adriatic Sea; ecology; behaviour

Hrčak ID:

59628

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/59628

Publication date:

30.9.1998.

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