description Bimini Overview
A bottlenose dolphin named after Bimini in the Bahamas, whose shallow sandbank waters have hosted extensively studied populations of Atlantic spotted dolphins since at least the 1980s.
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Why is a dolphin named Bimini associated with the Bahamas?
Bimini is named after the Bahamian island group, whose shallow sandbank waters have been studied for Atlantic spotted dolphins. The description links the area to research dating back at least to the 1980s.
Is Bimini an Atlantic spotted dolphin?
The record describes Bimini as a bottlenose dolphin, while the surrounding Bimini research is associated with Atlantic spotted dolphins. Those are different species, so the name should not be used to reclassify the individual.
What dolphin research is connected with Bimini?
Bimini’s shallow sandbanks have hosted long-running studies of Atlantic spotted dolphin populations. The supplied record gives the research period as at least the 1980s but does not identify a particular research team.
Where is Bimini?
Bimini is an island group in The Bahamas, west of the main Bahamian islands and relatively close to Florida. The dolphin record uses Bimini as the geographic name associated with the individual.
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