Kalissaye Avifaunal Reserve ("Thalasseus maximus") and great white pelicans ("Pelecanus onocrotalus"). Several sea turtle species are quite populous, including loggerheads ("Caretta caretta") and green turtles ("Chelonia mydas"). The common dolphin ("Delphinus delphis") and the African manatee ("Trichechus senegalensis") are also observed in the area. Kalissaye Avifaunal Reserve Kalissaye Avifaunal Reserve (KAR) is a small nature reserve in Senegal, located at the mouth of Kalissaye Pond in the middle of the Casamance River. Like Basse Casamance National Park 35 km away, KAR is currently closed due to the Casamance Conflict. On the small sandy islands making up the reserve, vegetation consists mainly of "Ipomoea
Delphinus Pegasus the flying horse. Delphinus lacks stars above fourth (apparent) magnitude; its brightest star is of magnitude 3.8. The main asterism in Delphinus is Job's Coffin, nearly a 45°-apex lozenge diamond of the four brightest stars: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Delphini. Delphinus is in a rich Milky Way star field. Alpha and Beta Delphini have 19th century names Sualocin and Rotanev, read backwards: Nicolaus Venator, the Latinized name of a Palermo Observatory director, Niccolò Cacciatore (d. 1841). Alpha Delphini is a blue-white hued main sequence star of magnitude 3.8, 241 light-years from Earth. Beta Delphini, called Rotanev. The gap