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Figurel35. — Fra$er'$ dolphins, like these photographed off the Phoenix Islands in the Pacific I top) and this one off the Philippines (bottom), are definitely 

 identifiable in their tropical range by the short snout, the dark flank stripe and the small dorsal fin and flippers. They may reach 8 feet (2.4 ml, or more, in 

 length and occur in herds of at least 500 animals, sometimes with spinner dolphins or Atlantic spotted dolphins. {Photos by K. C. Balcomb [top] and T. 

 Hammond [bottom].) 



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Figure 136. — Fraser's dolphins from the eastern tropical Pacific: adult (top and inset) 

 and calf (bottom). Note the distinctive black lateral strip and the extremely small 

 fUppers and dorsal fin. (Photos by R. Garvie [top arul intet] and S. Leatherwood 

 [bottomY) 



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