The Atlantic spotted dolphin is a fast-swimming dolphin found in warmer waters famous for it’s older individuals having a very distinctive spotted colouration
🔹 Size: Individuals can grow up to 2.3m long and weigh up to 143kg
🔹 Distribution: This species is only found in the Atlantic Ocean where they prefer warm or very warm (tropical) offshore locations
🔹 Diet: Atlantic spotted dolphins have a varied diet; they eat small fish, invertebrates, and squid/octopus
🔹 Behaviour: Fast-swimmers, like many dolphin species, they are acrobatic, and curious – they have been observed approach boats from a distance to bowride. Different populations of spotted dolphins around the world have different social structures and habits
🔹 IUCN Status: Least Concern. Last assessed in 2018, this species is not endangered, however like many marine species, they are threatened by bycatch