Tursiops aduncus

Taxonomy and naming

Current scientific name	Tursiops aduncus [68418]
Common name	Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphin, Spotted Bottlenose Dolphin
Species author	(Ehrenberg, 1832)

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Delphinidae

EPBC legal status and documents

EPBC listing status

Cetacean as Tursiops aduncus.

Conservation planning documents

Conservation advice: includes a statement about why the threatened species or ecological community is eligible to be listed under the EPBC Act, the main factors that are the cause of it being eligible for listing, as well as information about what can be done to stop its decline and support its recovery.
Recovery plan: includes a description of the threats to the listed threatened species or ecological community as well as actions needed to stop its decline and support its recovery. The Minister decides whether a threatened species or ecological community would benefit from the preparation of a recovery plan (in addition to existing Conservation Advice) drawing on advice from the Threatened Species Scientific Committee.
Protection statement: includes information about what must be protected to ensure the survival and recovery of the listed threatened species or ecological community in the wild. Protection statements are optional and the Minister for the Environment determines whether a protection statement is prepared for a listed threatened species or ecological community.
Threat abatement plan: includes information on research, management and other actions needed to reduce impacts of key threatening processes listed under the EPBC Act.
Wildlife conservation plan: includes information on measures required to protect species that are listed as migratory or marine under the EPBC Act.
Marine bioregional plan: includes information on key ecological features in the Commonwealth Marine Area as well as measures to protect marine species and habitats.

Conservation advice	There is no approved Conservation Advice for this species.
Recovery plans	There is no adopted or made Recovery Plan for this species.
Threat abatement plans	Department of the Environment and Energy (2018). Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia's coasts and oceans (2018). Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia. In effect under the EPBC Act from 21 Jul 2018.	2018
Marine bioregional plans	Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (2012). Marine bioregional plan for the North-west Marine Region. Canberra: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. In effect under the EPBC Act from 27 Aug 2012.	2012
	Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (2012). Marine bioregional plan for the Temperate East Marine Region. Canberra: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. In effect under the EPBC Act from 27 Aug 2012.	2012
	Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (2012). Marine bioregional plan for the North Marine Region. Canberra: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. In effect under the EPBC Act from 27 Aug 2012.	2012

Status on other lists

State listing

No listings.

Non-statutory listing

NGO

Data Deficient

Listed as Data Deficient (The action plan for Australian mammals 2012)

IUCN

Near Threatened

Listed as Near Threatened (Global Status: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2026.1 list)

Non-government documents and websites

There are no available non-government documents or websites.

Distribution

This distribution is part of the Species of National Environmental Significance dataset. Distributions are indicative and represent modelled habitat based on best available data at the time of mapping.

Superseded Commonwealth documents

Non-current Commonwealth documents

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) (2011). Indo-Pacific (inshore) bottlenose dolphin - A Vulnerability Assessment for the Great Barrier Reef. Published by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA).	2011
Department of the Environment and Heritage (2005). Australian National Guidelines for Whale and Dolphin Watching. Published by Department of the Environment and Heritage.	2005

Caveat

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Learn more

Listing advice	There is no Listing Advice for this species.
Other EPBC Act plans	South-east marine region profile: A description of the ecosystems, conservation values and uses of the South-east Marine Region (Department of the Environment, 2015).		2015
Federal register of legislation	Instrument under section 270B of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to make a Threat Abatement Plan (Commonwealth of Australia, 2018).	Threat Abatement Plan	2018
Policy statements and guidelines	Industry Guidelines on the Interaction between offshore seismic exploration and whales. (Department of the Environment and Water Resources (DEW), 2007).		2007
	Australian National Guidelines for Whale and Dolphin Watching 2017 (Department of the Environment and Energy, 2017).		2017
	National Guidelines for the Survey of Cetaceans, Marine Turtles and the Dugong (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 2024).		2024