The dolphin genus Sotalia is considered to have two member species with the classification of Sotalia guianensis[3][4] as a distinct species from Sotalia fluviatilis[5][6] in 2007. This was a result of recent morphometric analyses, as well as mitochondrial DNA analysis.[7]
Sotalia | |
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Jumping Sotalia in the Orinoco river | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Subfamily: | Stenoninae |
Genus: | Sotalia Gray, 1866[1] |
Type species | |
Delphinus guianensis [2] Van Beneden, 1864
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Species | |
S. fluviatilis |
Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts of Central and South America as well as in the Amazon River and most of its tributaries.[4]