Stenella Dolphin Skull Replica measures 16.5 inches. Stenella Dolphin Skull Replica is cast in polyurethane resins, museum quality cast made in the USA. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Cast of California Academy of Sciences Specimen. Known as Pantropical Spotted Dolphin.
Our precise skull can be used as a teaching tool, museum skull exhibit, home decor skull, or office decor skull.
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin or Stenella Dolphin is very active and is prone to making large, splashy leaps from the sea. It is a common breacher and will often clear the water for a second or more. Bow-riding and other play with boats is common.
In the eastern Pacific, the dolphin is often found swimming with yellowfin tuna (hence the problem with dolphin deaths caused by tuna fishing). However, they do not feed on that fish.
The Attenuata Dolphin or Pantropical Spotted Dolphin feeds on epipelagic and mesopelagic fish as well as crustaceans and cephalopods.It consumes about 56 species of fish and 36 species of cephalopods, with a greater predominance of lanternfish. In some regions, it feeds on flying fish and crab larvae.
It is very fast swimmer, and it can reach speeds of 13.6 to 17.39 miles per hour. It jumps very high out of the water or very low at great speed; this is common in the young dolphins.
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin is a fairly slender, streamlined animal, with a dark cape and light spots on its body that increase in number and size as it gets older. Pantropical Spotted Dolphins are relativey small, reaching lengths of 6 to 7 feet and weighing approximately 250 pounds at adulthood.
This species has a long, thin beak and a falcate dorsal fin, which is the thinnest among dolphins. The upper and lower jaws are darkly colored, but are separated by thin, white “lips”.
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin or Stenella attenauta’s chin, throat, and belly are white to pale grey with a limited number of spots.
The flanks are separated into three distinct bands of color. The lightest band at the bottom, followed by a thin, grey strip in the middle of the flank, and a dark-grey back.
The tall concave dorsal fin is similarly colored. The thick tail stock matches the color of the middle band.
The vocal repertoire of the pantropical spotted dolphin has not been clearly documented. There is no published information about the acoustic signals from South Atlantic Ocean populations of the mammal.
The maximum lifespan for the Pantropical Spotted Dolphin is 46 years.
