striped dolphin
stenella coeruleoalba latin

The main target is striped dolphin, because it is the easiest to capture.

In 1975, a record kill year, approximately 20,000 striped dolphins were killed in the drives.

The average annual catch, mainly of striped dolphins, in the drive fisheries between 1975 and 1986 was 4734.

The main target is striped dolphins, whose migration paths (arrowed) take them past the southern and eastern coastlines of Japan every year.

For the striped dolphin, until recently the most commonly eaten species in Japan, the mean mercury level was 12 times the maximum allowable level.

The striped dolphin was described by Franz Meyen in 1833.

The striped dolphin feeds on small pelagic fish and squid.

Japan whalers have hunted striped dolphins in the western Pacific since at least the 1940s.

It is understood the creatures are striped dolphins, which are not naturally a coastal breed.

Most of the victims are striped dolphins, which is the most common species in the Mediterranean.