As per recent reports, it has been unveiled that a new species of humpback dolphin has been found swimming in the northern Australian coast.

The newly found specie is yet to be named. But it has been found that the humpback dolphin family has three other species. The first one is Atlantic humpback dolphin, which is found in the eastern Atlantic.

Second one is Sousa plumbea, which can be found swimming in Indian ocean and the third one is the Sousa chinensis, which is found in Indian as well as western Pacific oceans.

"Based on the findings of our combined morphological and genetic analyses, we can suggest that the humpback dolphin genus includes at least four member species”, said study researchers.

Martin Mendez from the WCS was of the view that the research findings will help them know about the evolution of the species. Moreover, they will be better equipped when it comes to framing conservation policies.

To talk about humpback dolphins then their average growth is around 2.5 metres. They can vary in colour that is from dark gray to pink and even white in certain cases.

Howard Rosenbaum, program director of WCS Ocean Giants, has affirmed that the revelation will let the study researchers to collect the scientific evidence needed to protect the specie.