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| | Lagenorhynchus cruciger, Hourglass Dolphin at MarineBio.org |
 | | The Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824), is a small cetacean with a stocky body and a characteristic fl and white color pattern resembling an hourglass, hence the common name. |
 | | Based on limited data, female Hourglass dolphins, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, are thought to reach sexual maturity at a little over 1.83 m in length, 2 males measuring 1.74 m and 1.87 m were sexually mature. |
 | | The population of Hourglass dolphins, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, is >140,000. |
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