Scientific Name:

Tursiops ponticus

Length:

6 to 8.5 feet / 1.8 to 2.6 m

Weight:

400 to 700 pounds / 180 to 230 kg

Age:

Up to 30 years

Total Population:

less than 10,000 individuals

Map Range:

Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphins are the only
cetacean in the Black Sea.

Bottlenose dolphins live in groups called pods that typically
number about 15 dolphins, but group size varies from solitary
bottlenose dolphins up to groups of over 100 or even occasionally
over 1000 animals. Their diet consists mainly of small fish.
Dolphin groups often work as a team to harvest schools of fish,
but they also hunt individually. Dolphins search for prey primarily
using echolocation, which is similar to sonar. They emit clicking sounds
and listen for the return echo to determine the location and shape of

nearby items, including potential prey.

Captivity

Bottlenose Dolphins are the most common species in captivity.
Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphins are being kept in Delfinario Constanta
Moscow Dolphinarium and Dubai.
Almost every Dolphinarium, Marinepark or Aquarium keeps them today.

For more information go to the captive database of this website.