Diet Overlap

Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked Saddleback Dolphin)
Zalophus californianus (California Sealion)

Common Diet

Doryteuthis opalescens (california market squid)
Engraulis mordax (Californian anchoveta)
Merluccius productus (Whiting)

Common Habitat

Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Rio Colorado
Archipelago de Colon
California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserve
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Channel Islands National Park
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
Point Reyes National Seashore
Redwood National Park
Reserva de la Biosfera El Vizcaino

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Habitat Partitioning by Three Species of Dolphins in Santa Monica Bay, California, Maddalena Bearzi, Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative, 07-08-2003
♦ 2CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 3Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca : a Synthesis of the Available Knowledge, Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, and Lewis J. Bledsoe, EPA-600 7-29-259 September 1979
♦ 4Seasonal and Annual Variability in the Diet of California Sea Lions Zalophus californianus at San Nicolas Island, California, 1981 -86, Mark S. Lowry, Brent S. Stewart, Carolyn B. Heath, Pamela K. Yochem, John M. Francis, Fishery Bulletin. U.S. 89:331-336 (1991)