A cetacean has appeared stranded this Friday on the beach of Las Salinas del Janubio in the south of the island, as reported by volunteer firefighters from Lanzarote.
Once alerted by the Society for the Study of Cetaceans in the Canary Archipelago (SECAC), agents of the Local Police of Yaiza and injured Wildlife and volunteer firefighters have moved to the area. All have collaborated in the rescue of the dolphin to transfer it to the SECAC facilities for further study.
It was a rough-toothed dolphin. The slender-snouted or rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) is a species of odontocete cetacean of the Delphinidae family, the only one of the genus Steno. Steno comes from the Greek "narrow", referring to the short snout of the species.
The characteristic features of this dolphin are its conical head and slender nose. It has a pronounced dorsal fin. The snout, throat and belly are white-pink. The flanks are light gray. The back and dorsal fin have a dark gray color. It reaches around 2.5 m in length and weighs about 150 kg. It has 20 to 27 teeth in each row and they have wrinkles and vertical ridges, faint but detectable. This character gives it the name of rough-toothed dolphin.
