Project: 
Project A15 - Conservation status of tropical inshore dolphins
Researcher email address: 
simon.allen@uwa.edu.au
Topic: 
marine life
Species of interest in the image: 
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose dolphin
Species scientific name: 
Tursiops aduncus
Date: 
January, 2021
Location: 
Exmouth WA
Hub imagery ID: 
4451
Depth: 
10m
Habitat: 
Shallow coastal waters
Platform: 
Download
Caption: 
An adult Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin leaps off the North West Cape, Western Australia.
Media type to be uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
University of Western Australia
Credit: 
Dr. Simon Allen
Contact email address: 
simon.allen@uwa.edu.au
Description: 
This adult Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin leaps in shallow waters just off the North West Cape in the Ningaloo Marine Park, displaying the diagnostic feature of ventral speckling characteristic of sexually mature animals of this species in the tropics.