Dusky dolphin

Dusky dolphin
Dusky dolphin
Size comparison against an average human
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Eutheria
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Odontoceti
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Lagenorhynchus
Species: L. obscurus
Binomial name
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Gray, 1828
Dusky Dolphin range

The dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) is a dolphin found in coastal waters in the Southern Hemisphere. Its specific epithet is Latin for "dark" or "dim". It is very closely genetically related to the Pacific white-sided dolphin, but current scientific consensus is that they are distinct species. The dolphin's range is patchy with major populations around South America, southwestern Africa, New Zealand and various oceanic islands with some sightings around southern Australia and Tasmania. The dusky dolphin prefers cool currents and inshore waters but can also be found offshore. It feeds on a variety of fish and squid species and has flexible hunting tactics. The dusky dolphin is known for its remarkable acrobatics, having a number of aerial behaviors. The status of the dolphin is unknown but it has been commonly caught in gill nets.

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Taxonomy

Dusky dolphin drawings in Plate 5 of Mammalogy section in Mammalogy and Ornithology (1858)

It is commonly thought that the dusky dolphin was first described by John Edward Gray in 1828 from stuffed skin and a single skull shipped from the Cape of Good Hope to the British Museum. Gray first described the species as Delphinus obscurus, with the subgenus Grampus in his 1828 Specilegia Zoologica. Gray reported that the animal was captured around the Cape of Good Hope by a Captain Haviside (often misspelt "Heaviside") and sent to the British Museum though the Royal College of Surgeons in 1827.[2]

However Gray later wrote that a similar dolphin was described as Delphinus supercilious by French surgeons and naturalists René Primevère Lesson and Prosper Garnot from a specimen collected off the coast of Tasmania two years before his own classification.[3] Gray considered D. supercilious to be a junior synonym of his D. obscurus and he credits Lesson and Garnot (1826) for their original description. Meanwhile, Charles Darwin also described what turned out to be this species as Delphinus fitzroyi from a specimen harpooned off Argentina in 1838. The dusky dolphin was reclassified as Prodelphinus obscurus in 1885 by British naturalist William Henry Flower,[4] before gaining its current binomial name, Lagenorhynchus obscurus, from American biologist Frederick W. True in 1889.[5]

Genetics

The dusky dolphin and the Pacific white-sided dolphin are considered phylogenetically related species. Some researchers have suggested that they are the same species but morphological and life history evidence shows otherwise.[6] The two sister species diverged at around 1.9–3.0 million years ago.[7] Recent analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene indicates that the genus Lagenorhynchus, as traditionally conceived, is not a natural (monophyletic) group.[8] Another study finds that the dusky and the Pacific white-sided dolphin form the sister group to the (expanded) genus Cephalorhynchus. If this placement is accurate, a new genus name will need to be coined to accommodate these two species.[9]

Dusky dolphins from Argentina and southwest Africa separated 2000 generations ago from an ancestral Atlantic population and subsequently diverged without much gene flow.[7] Most populations have low genetic diversity, with the Peruvian population being an expectation.[6] Possible hybrids of dusky dolphins have been described with a long-beaked common dolphin[10] and a southern right whale dolphin.[11]..

Description

Closeup of dusky dolphin surfacing

The dusky dolphin is small to medium in length compared with other species in the family. There is significant variation in size among the different population areas. The largest dusky dolphins have been encountered off the coast of Peru, where they are up to 210 cm (6 feet) in length and 100 kg (210 pounds) in mass. The size for dusky dolphins in New Zealand have been recorded to be a length range of 167–178 cm and a weight range of 69–78 kg for females and a length range of 165–175 cm and a weigh range of 70–85 kg for males.[12]

There is almost no sexual dimorphism in this species, although males have more curved dorsal fins with broader bases and greater surface areas.[12] The back of the dolphin is dark grey or black, and the dorsal fin is distinctively two-toned—the leading edge matches the back in color, but the trailing edge is a much lighter greyish white. Dusky dolphins have a long, light grey patch on their foreside leading to a short, dark grey beak. The throat and belly are white,[13] and the beak and lower jaw are dark grey. There are two blazes of white color running back on the body from the dorsal fin to the tail. Right between the white areas remains a characteristic thorn-shaped patch of dark colour, by which the species can easily be recognized. Aside from that, dusky dolphins may be confused with other members of their genus when observed at sea. It can be distinguished from the common dolphins, which have a more prominent and longer beak and yellow flank markings.[14] The skull of a dusky dolphin has a longer and narrower rostrum than that of a hourglass dolphin or Peale's dolphin of similar age and size.[15]

Populations and distribution

Dusky dolphins off New Zealand

The dusky dolphin has a discontinuous semi-circumpolar range. The dolphins can be found off the coasts of South America, southwestern Africa, southern Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand and some oceanic islands. Off South America, dusky dolphins range from southern Peru to Cape Horn in the west and from southern Patagonia to around 36º S in the east.[6] Its range also includes the Falkland Islands. They are particularly common from Peninsula Valdes to Mar de Plata. In comparison, they are uncommon in the Beagle Channel and the inshore waters of the Tierra del Fuego region.[16]

Dusky dolphins are found throughout New Zealand waters. The center of their abundance is from East Cape and Cape Palliser on the North Island to Timaru and Oamaru on the South Island.[17] They are especially common in the cold waters of the Southland and Canterbury currents.[17] In Africa, the dusky dolphin ranges from Lobito Bay, Angola in the north to False Bay, South Africa in the south.[6] Within Australian waters, dusky dolphins have been recorded in colder waters off Kangaroo Island, eastern Tasmania and Bass Strait,[14] although they are uncommon and those that are sighted there are possibly transients from New Zealand.[18] Dusky dolphins are also found around Campbell, Auckland and Chatham in the western South Pacific, Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic and Île Amsterdam and Île Saint-Paul in the southern Indian Ocean.[19]

Ecology and behavior

Dusky dolphins at Kaikoura, New Zealand

Dusky dolphins prefer cool, upwelling waters as well as cold currents. They largely live in inshore waters and can be found up to the outer continental shelf and in similar zones in offshore islands.[17] Dusky dolphins can move over great distances (around 780 km) but have no well defined seasonal migrations.[6] However, dolphins off Argentina and New Zealand make inshore and offshore seasonal and diurnal movements.[6] In Argentina, dusky dolphins associate closely with southern right whales and South American sea lions.[20] They have been found close to, but have apparently not interacted with, bottlenose dolphins and may feed in the same areas as Risso's dolphins.[20] They also associate with various seabirds like kelp gulls, cormorants, terns, shearwaters, petrels and albatrosses.[20] In New Zealand, dusky dolphins mingle with common dolphins.[12] Dusky dolphins have also been observed with southern right whale dolphins and pilot whales off southwestern Africa.[21]

Vocalizations and echolocation

In general, three different types of sounds are produced by dolphins (and other toothed whales). These are click trains, which are a series of individual clicks, usually broadband signals with a rapid rise time,[22] burst pulses, which are individual clicks whose repetition is so high that they are heard by humans only as a buzzing sound[23] and whistles, which are pure-tone, narrow-banded frequency modulated signals which vary in frequency with time. Dusky dolphins have been recorded to make all three sounds but most commonly make burst pulses.[23] Whistling is more common when dusky dolphins mingled with other dolphin species like common dolphins.[24]:79 Dusky dolphins project broadband short-duration echolocation signals similar to that of other whistle-producing toothed whales.[24]:95 Most of the species' echolocation signals have bi-modal frequency spectra with a low-frequency peak between 40 and 50 kHz and a high-frequency peak between 80 and 110 kHz.[25] The echolocation signals are at a levels about 9–12 dB lower than for the larger white-beaked dolphin which is of the same genus but is over twice as heavy.[25]

Foraging and predation

Dusky dolphins

Dusky dolphins prey consume a variety of fish and squid species. Common fish species eaten include anchovies, lantern fish, pilchards, sculpins, hakes, horse mackerel, hoki and red cod.[6] They are generally coordinate hunters. These dolphins have very flexible foraging strategies that can change depending on the environment.[26] In certain parts of New Zealand, were deep oceanic waters meet the shore, dusky dolphins forage in deep scattering layers at night.[26] They arrive at the hunting site individually but form groups when in the layer.[26] The dolphins use their echolocation to detect and isolate an individual prey.[25] Groups of foraging dolphins tend to increase when the layer is near the surface and decrease when it descends.[26]

When hunting in shallower waters in New Zealand and Argentina, dusky dolphins tend to forage during the day. The dolphins chase schools of fish or squid and herd them into stationary balls.[27] They may control the school by using light reflected from their white bellies.[28] Dolphins herd prey against the surface but also horizontally against the shore, a point of land or the hull of a boat.[27] During these times, it is believed that dusky dolphins increase prey availability for other predators including other dolphins, seabirds, sharks and pinnipeds. In Argentina, dusky dolphins may use bird aggregations to coordinate foraging efforts.[20] On the other hand, pinnipeds and sharks take advantage of the dolphin hunts which leaves almost no advantage to the dolphins.[29] Dusky dolphins are themselves preyed on by killer whales and large sharks. Dolphins avoid killer whales by swimming into shallower water.[20] Dusky dolphins are also susceptible to parasitism by certain nematode, cestode and trematode species, mostly Nasitrema sp., Anisakis sp., Phyllobothrium delphini, Braunina cordiformis and Pholeter gasterophilus.[30]

Social behavior and reproduction

A pod of dusky dolphins

Dusky dolphins live in a fission-fusion society with most group size increases occurring during foraging and decreases in group sizes occurring during resting and traveling. In the Golfo San José off the Valdes Peninsula, dolphins commonly switch between small traveling groups and large socio-sexual groups and encounter a variety of associates. Studies of dolphins off Kaikoura, New Zealand show that dolphins normally live in large groups that split into smaller sub-groups.[29] These sub-groups are composed of mating adults (mating groups), mothers with calves (nursery groups) and non-breeding adults.[29] Dusky dolphins have a promiscuous mating system in which both males and females mate with multiple partners. Mating groups are generally made of around ten males and a single female.[29] These mating groups can be found in both shallow and deep water but more often gather near shore.[31]:162

Two dolphins jumping

In the mating groups, the males pursue the female in high speed chases. Male reproductive success seems to be determined by speed and agility rather than size, strength or aggression.[31]:164:175 Females exercise their choice in sexual partners by extending the chase as long as possible.[32] Females may try to evade males that do not demonstrate vigor or social skill.[31]:170 It is also possible that males may form alliances to catch females.[31]:167–69 Unlike male bottlenose dolphins, male dusky dolphins can't monopolize females.[31]:166 The time when female dusky dolphins first reproduce varies between regions. New Zealand dolphins first reproduce at about 7–8 years with possibly 6–7 years for Argentine dolphins. A study of dusky dolphins off the coast of Peru showed that the reproductive cycle lasts around 28.6 months with mother dolphins becoming pregnant for 12.9 months, lactate for a further 12 months and rest for 3.7 months before the cycle begins again.[2] During copulation, females tend to be on the top.[31]:170 As with all species where females mate with multiple partners, male dusky dolphins have large testicles for sperm competition.[31]:166 Dusky dolphins sometimes engage in sexual behavior for reasons other than reproduction, perhaps in greeting or communication. Homosexual behavior between males has been observed.[29] Social sexual behavior tends to be more relaxed.[31]:175

Females with calves tend to gather in nursery groups in shallow water. Nursery groups likely provide calves protection from predators and marauding males as well as give them opportunities for resting, foraging, socializing and social learning.[33] The formation of nursery groups may grant mothers and calves increased time for rest which is important for growing calves and females which face increased energetic constraints due to lactation. While the behaviors of nursery groups vary by month, resting is the predominant behavior during most months.[33]:188 The formation of nursery groups in shallow waters also allow members to exploit prey species other than those found in deep scattering layers. Both adults and calves have been observed to chase and catch fish and the adults may be teaching the calves how to hunt.[33]:188-89 In contrast to shallower waters, hunting in deep water at night may be too dangerous for calves.[33]:189 Calves are particularly vulnerable to predators like killer whales and use of shallow water by nursery groups may be a predator avoidance strategy.[33]:183 Nursery groups tend to avoid mating groups.[31]:174 Adult males in these groups will aggressively herd and chase single females. This may separate calves from their mothers and may make them become subjects of adult male harassment themselves.[33]:185 Calves may also become even more vulnerable to predators as they become exhausted and disorientated.[33]:185 Mother dolphins may look after calves that are not their own.[33]:192

Dusky dolphin performing a flip

Aerial behavior

Dusky dolphins perform a number of aerial displays. Displays include leaps, backslaps, headslaps, tailslaps, spins and noseouts.[20] The dolphins also perform head-over-tail leaps which is considered the most "acrobatic" of the displays.[20] A headfirst re-entry is performed when a dolphin leaps clear out of the water and subsequently arches its back strongly and flips the tail to make a headfirst re-entry. In "humping", it does the same motion expect the snout and tail do not leave the water when the dolphin is arching.[20] Leaps, head-over-tail leaps, backslaps, headslaps, tailslaps and spins often occur in groups. One dolphin starts a particular leap and then continues it 3–20 times.[20] Young dusky dolphins apparently are not born with the ability to perform the leaps and must learn to master each one.[33]:190 Calves appear to learn the leaps in the following order: noisy leaps, head first re-entries, coordinated leaps and acrobatic leaps.[33]:190–91 Adult dusky dolphins may perform different leaps in different contexts and calves may independently learn how to perform leaps but learn when to perform these when interacting others.[33]:191

Relationship with humans

Pacific white-sided dolphins at a dolphinarium. Dusky dolphins normally do not do well in captivity.[6]

Status

The dusky dolphin is protected in much of its range. Dusky dolphins are considered abundant although there are few population estimates available.[19] Direct catches and bycatches have been large and continue in some regions. However, assessment of global population status is not possible with the currently available estimates of abundance and removals. The subpopulation off Peru has probably been overexploited but present data do not allow estimation of present decline.[1] Dusky dolphins are known to be taken directly in the multi-species small cetacean fisheries of Peru and Chile. An expanded directed fishery for dolphins and porpoises may have started in Peru after the demise of the anchoveta fishery in 1972.[1] Unknown numbers have caught in gill nets in New Zealand, however currents catches have dropped and are lower than in the 1970s and 1980s.[6] The dolphins are also thought to have been harpooned off South Africa, but the numbers are not considered large.[19]

The Dusky dolphin is listed on Appendix II[34] of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). It is listed on Appendix II[34] as it has an unfavourable conservation status or would benefit significantly from international co-operation organised by tailored agreements.

A pair of dusky dolphins swimming alongside a boat

Mussel farming

The effect of mussel farming on dusky dolphins has been studied in Admiralty Bay, New Zealand. Management of marine farming is a wider socio-economic and ecological issue due to regular seasonal migration of dusky dolphins and frequent feeding associations with other apex predators make.[35] Dusky dolphins are most often encountered during the winter in Admiralty Bay, which has the with the greatest density of proposed farming activity in the region. It appears that dolphins rarely use areas in existing farms and few have been observed to enter the boundaries of them.[35] Dolphins that enter mussel farms will move rapidly up the lanes and between rows of lines and floats.[35]

Tourism

Dusky dolphin tours off New Zealand's South Island

Dusky dolphins are popular attractions for whale-watching tours. Since 1997, dolphin watching activities have increased in Patagonia, with dusky dolphins (along with Commerson's dolphins) as the target species.[36] For dusky dolphins, the number of tourists increased from 1,393 in 1997 to 1,840 in 2000. Encounters with dolphins grew from 25% during 1999 to 90% in 2001 and most of groups observed ranged from 50–100 animals.[36] Dolphin watching in this areas started as an alternative to whale watching, which was mostly based on that of the southern right whale.[36] Dusky dolphin watching is also popular in New Zealand, whose dolphin watching industry begin in the late 1980s. Whale and dolphin watching tours have grown in since then and the number of permitted dolphin tour operators increased from none to over 75 since the late 1980s.[37]:235 New Zealand has several locations to view and swim with dusky dolphins, notably in Marlborough Sounds.[37]:236

While dusky dolphin tourism is a larger industry in New Zealand than it is in Argentina, the effects of tourism on the dolphins seem to be lower in the former than the latter.[37]:241 New Zealand tours are operated under permits are limited in number and have conditions and guidelines related to approach procedures and swim operations.[37]:241 By contrast, there is no direct regulation of dolphin watching in Argentina.[36] As such, dolphin activities are often disturbed by touring vessels.[37]:233-35

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General

  • Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Perrin, W. F., Wursig, B and J. G.M. Thewissen., editors. (2008) Academic Press; 2nd edition, ISBN 012373553X
  • The Dusky Dolphin: Master Acrobat off Different Shores. Würsig, B., and Würsig, M., editors. (2010) Academic Press. ISBN 0123737230.
  • Whales, Dolphins and. Porpoises, K. S, Norris. editor, (1977) University of California Press. ISBN 0520032837
  • Sensory Abilities of Cetaceans. Thomas, J.; Kastelein, R., editors. (1990) Plenum Press. ISBN 0306436957.
  • Cetacean Societies. Mann, J., editor. (2000) University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0226503410.

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