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Tursiops aduncus
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
Diet
Fish and cephalopods, particularly squid
Size
Up to 2.6m
Weight
Up to 230kg
The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is more slender than the common bottlenose, with a longer, narrower beak, black spots or flecks on the belly of adults, and 23 to 29 teeth on each side of each jaw against 21 to 24. It reaches 2.6 m and up to 230 kg. Its back is dark grey and its belly lighter (Wikipedia, general species account).
It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea and the eastern coast of Africa. Groups are usually five to 15, occasionally hundreds, and it eats a wide range of fish and squid.