The Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) is a species of Bottlenose Dolphin. The Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin grows to 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) long, and weigh up to 230 kilograms (510 lb). It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa.[ Its back is dark-grey and belly is lighter grey or nearly white with grey spots.Until 1998, all Bottlenose Dolphins were considered members of the single species T. truncatus. In that year, the Indo- Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin was recognized as a separate species.The Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin is generally smaller than the Common Bottlenose Dolphin, has a proportionately longer rostrum, and has spots on its belly and lower sides.The Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin also has more teeth than the Common Bottlenose Dolphin 23 to 29 teeth on each side of each jaw for the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, compared to 21 to 24 for the Common Bottlenose Dolphin.