Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956:478

Fraser's dolphin, Sarawak dolphin, Bornean dolphin

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: 1895

Rediscovered in 1973 or before

IUCN RedList status: Least Concern

Distribution

Pantropical

Type locality: "mouth of Lutong River, Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia" (Bannister, 1988:204)

Biology & Ecology

"Ecology: oceanic, pelagic, predator, gregarious; diet consists of squid, crustaceans and deepsea fish."

(Bannister, 1988:204)

Hypodigm

Holotype: BMNH 1895.5.9.1 (skeleton) (Bannister, 1988:204)

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Fraser, F. C. (1956). A new Sarawak dolphin. The Sarawak Museum Journal 7(8): 478-503.

Other references:

Amano, M. (2009). Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956. In: The wild mammals of Japan (Eds., Ohdachi SD, Ishibashi Y, Iwasa MA, Saitoh T). Shoukadoh, Kyoto, pp. 366-367.

Amano, M., Miyazaki, N. and Yanagisawa, F. (1996). Life history of Lagenodelphis hosei, based on a school captured off the Pacific coast of Japan. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 12: 199-214.

Bannister, J. L. (1988). Delphinidae, pp. 201-210. In: Walton, D. W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. x + 273 pp. [p. 204]

Best, P. B. (2007). Whales and Dolphins of the Southern African Subregion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Bones, M., Neill, B. and Reid, B. (1998). Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) stranded on South Ulst: first record in U.K. waters. Journal of Zoology 246: 443-486.

Cockcroft, V. G. 1990. Dolphin catches in the Natal shark nets, 1980-1988. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 20: 44-51.

Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates. 307 pp.

Dixon, Joan M. and Kemper, C. M. (2023). Fraser's Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei, pp. 806-807. In: Baker, Andrew M. and Gynther, Ian C. (eds.). Strahan’s Mammals of Australia (4th ed.). Wahroonga, NSW: Reed New Holland Publishers. 848 pp.

Dolar, M. L. L. 2002. Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei. In: W. F. Perrin, B. Wursig and J. G. M. Thewissen (eds), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, pp. 485-487. Academic Press.

Dolar, M. L. L. (2018). Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei, pp. 392-395. In: Würsig, B., Thewissen, J. G. M. and Kovacs, K. M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd Edition. San Diego: Academic Press.

Dolar, M. L. L., Walker, W. A., Kooyman, G. L. and Perrin, W. F. 2003. Comparative feeding ecology of spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) and Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Sulu Sea. Marine Mammal Science 19(1): 1-19.

Hammond, P.S., Bearzi, G., Bjørge, A., Forney, K.A., Karkzmarski, L., Kasuya, T., Perrin, W.F., Scott, M.D., Wang, J.Y. , Wells, R.S. & Wilson, B. (2012). Lagenodelphis hosei. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 11 May 2014.

Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 246: viii + 259 pp.

Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 362-363]

Jefferson, T. A. and Leatherwood, S. (1994). Lagenodelphis hosei. Mammalian Species 470: 1-5.

Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Gustavo and Snell, Howard L. (2014). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Mammals - FCD Lista de especies de Mamíferos Galápagos. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist - Lista de Especies de Galápagos de la Fundación Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin Foundation / Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vertebrates/mammalia/ Last updated: 24 Jan 2014

Kaiya, Zhou, Leatherwood, Stephen and Jefferson, Thomas A. (1995). Records of small cetaceans in Chinese waters: a review. Asian marine Biology 12: 119-139.

Kim, Hyun Woo et al. (2013). First Record of the Fraser’s Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in Korean Waters. Anim. Syst. Evol. Divers. 29(2): 175-178.

Leatherwood, S. and Reeves, R. R. (1983). The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. xviii + 302 pp.

Louella, M. and Dolar, L. (2009). Fraser’s dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei. In: Encyclopedia of marine mammals (Eds., Perrin W, Würsig B, Thewissen JGM). Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 469-471.

Merlen, G. (1995) A field guide to the marine mammals of Galapagos. Charles Darwin Foundation.

Mignucci-Giannoni AA, Montoya-Ospina RA, Pérez-Zayas JJ, Rodríguez-López MA, Williams EH Jr, 1999. New records of Fraser’s dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) for the Caribbean. Aquatic Mammals 25:15-19.

Palacios, D.M. (1999) Distribution of dolphins in Galapagos waters. Marine Mammal Science 15(2): 550-555.

Palacios, D.M., Salazar, S. (2002) Cetaceos. In: Danulat, E. & G.J. Edgar (eds.): Reserva marina de Galápagos. Línea base de la biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador. p. 291-302.

Perrin, W. F., Best, P. B., Dawbin, W. H., Balcomb, K. C. and Gambell, R. (1973). Rediscovery of Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei. Nature (London) 241: 345-350. [Abstract]

Perrin WF, Leatherwood S, Collet A, 1994. Fraser’s dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956. In: Handbook of marine mammals. Vol. 5. The first book of dolphins (Eds., Ridgway SH, Harrison SR). Academic Press, London, pp. 225-240.

Tobayama T, Nishiwaki M, Yang HC, 1973. Records of the Fraser’s Sarawak dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the western North Pacific. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute 25: 251-263.

Vu, Long et al. (2020). New Records of Fraser’s Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) from the Whale Temples and Fishing Communities of Vietnam. Aquatic Mammals 46(4): 395-401. DOI 10.1578/AM.46.4.2020.395 [First page]

Warneke, R. M. (1983). Whale stranding - accident or design. Aust. Nat. Hist. 21: 43-47.

Watkins, W. A., Daher, M. A., Fritsrup, K. M. and Notarbartolo Di Sciara, G. 1994. Fishing and acoustic behavior of Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) near Dominica, southeast Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science 30: 76-82.

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