Report of an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin washed ashore

A dead female Indo-pacific humpback dolphin,Sousa chinensis was washed ashore at Chathiramnear Mandapam, Gulf of Mannar on 26 June 2016.Morphological features including teeth pattern wererecorded (Table 1). Necropsy findings did not revealany abnormalities. As the animal was lean andemaciated with a blubber thickness of only 2.0 cm,the cause of death might be related nutritional ordisease factors