White Dolphin
Sousa chinensis
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Sousa
Where to Find
Found in 11 diving areas across 6 countries and 2 regions.
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 7 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 2 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 21 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 21 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 2 records
- Safaga, Egypt - 20 records
- Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - 21 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 10 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records