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Fish of the Indian Ocean (5 C, 498 P) Invertebrates of the Indian Ocean (6 C, 7 P) Reptiles of the Indian Ocean (12 P) A. Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (3 ...
The five offshore, pelagic species are H. micans, H. germanus, H. sericeus, H. splendens and H. sobrinus, of which the last four are found in the Indian and/or Pacific Oceans. H. micans has a circumglobal range, occurring offshore in warmer seas around the world from about 40° north to 40° south , and it is the only one found in the Atlantic ...
The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) [3] is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. [4] This species is often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin in mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan as a common name.
Every year since 2008, elementary school children meet with expert educators to learn how to rescue marine mammals and protect coral reefs.
The dugong (/ ˈ d (j) uː ɡ ɒ ŋ /; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees.It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km 2 (27,240,000 sq mi) or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth's surface. [4] It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east.
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They are found along the coastlines of the Indian Ocean and Indonesia. [2] [3] Since there are only two known species of coelacanth and both are threatened, it is one of the most endangered genera of animals in the world. The West Indian Ocean coelacanth is a critically endangered species. [4]