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==Description== Apart from its geographical range, it can be distinguishable from the Indo-Pacific humpback because of their distinct skin coloration and other morphological characteristics. Atlantic humpbacks have a gray or white color, unlike the Indo-Pacific humpbacks which have pink mottling.<ref name="iwc.int">{{Cite web |title=Humpback dolphin |url=https://iwc.int/about-whales/whale-species/humpback-dolphin |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=iwc.int |language=en}}</ref> Males, in particular, can have distinct humps under their dorsal fins.<ref name="iwc.int" /> They can also be distinguished by a robust body with a well-defined rostrum. They are typically slate gray on the back and sides, fading to light gray ventrally. The dorsal fin is small, slightly falcate, and triangular, and sits on a distinctive and well developed dorsal hump. Atlantic humpbacks can also be distinguishable from the other species (''S. plumbea, S. chinensis, S. sahulensis'' sp. nov., etc.) because of a significantly lower amount of teeth. On average, they have about 30 teeth per row versus other species having around 33β37. To compliment this, they typically have a shorter and wider skull than the other species.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jefferson |first1=Thomas A. |last2=Rosenbaum |first2=Howard C. |date=October 2014 |title=Taxonomic revision of the humpback dolphins ( Sousa spp.), and description of a new species from Australia |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12152 |journal=Marine Mammal Science |language=en |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=1494β1541 |doi=10.1111/mms.12152|bibcode=2014MMamS..30.1494J |url-access=subscription }}</ref> At birth, this species is {{cvt|14|kg}} in weight and {{cvt|100|cm}} long.<ref name="iwc.int" /> A fully grown male can weigh up to {{cvt|280|kg}} and is around {{cvt|2.8|m}} long.<ref name="iwc.int" />
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