Stenella attenuata

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Delphinoidea
Family : Delphinidae
Subfamily : Delphininae
Genus : Stenella

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1847-01-29. On the cetaceous animals. Pp. 13–53 in Richardson, J. and Gray, J.E. 1844-1875. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. I. Mammalia, Birds. E. W. Janson, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957475

Original name as described

Steno attenuatus

Other common names

Bridled Dolphin · Narrow-snouted Dolphin · Slender-beaked Dolphin · Spotted Porpoise · White-spotted Dolphin · Offshore Pantropical Spotted Dolphin · Coastal Pantropical Spotted Dolphin · Graffman's Dolphin

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:347b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ca38005d-cbbd-4b17-bcad-cb0ed408492c

Type locality

type locality unknown. Later designated by J. E. Gray in 1850 as "Inhab. Cape Horn."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

American Samoa · Angola · Argentina · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Belize · Bonaire · Sint Eustatius · Saba · Brazil · Cape Verde · Cambodia · Cayman Islands · China · Colombia · Comoros · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Cote d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · Egypt · El Salvador · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Fiji · French Polynesia · Gabon · Ghana · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea · Haiti · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Jamaica · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Marshall Islands · Martinique · Mauritius · Mayotte · Mexico · Micronesia · Montserrat · Mozambique · Nigeria · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Puerto Rico · Réunion · Saint Helena · Saint Lucia · Sint Maarten · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Seychelles · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Suriname · Taiwan · Tanzania · Thailand · East Timor · Togo · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · Tuvalu · United Arab Emirates · United States · Uruguay · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Vietnam · Yemen · French Guiana · Palau · São Tomé and Príncipe · Anguilla? · Antigua and Barbuda? · Bahrain? · Barbados? · Benin? · Bermuda? · Brunei? · Cameroon? · Cocos Islands? · Republic of the Congo? · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Gambia? · Guinea-Bissau? · Guyana? · Iran? · Iraq? · Israel? · Jordan? · North Korea? · South Korea? · Kuwait? · Liberia? · Mauritania? · Nauru? · Niue? · Pitcairn? · Saint Kitts and Nevis? · Samoa? · Sierra Leone? · Tokelau? · British Virgin Islands? · United States Virgin Islands? · Wallis and Futuna?

Subregion distribution

USA(HI,FL?,AL?,TX?)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006436

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Steno capensis

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1869.4.5.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4bb80349-2e65-4213-a562-122e08cc8302 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8d4184ac-3b49-4d89-8aff-81dfa5d534cd

Authority page

522

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497503

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Steno attenuatus

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

attenuata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:347b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ca38005d-cbbd-4b17-bcad-cb0ed408492c

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957475

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1863:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Delphinus albirostratus

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

albirostrata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Clymene punctata

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

punctata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

738

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497735

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinus Pernettensis

(de Blainville in A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

pernettensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

partially_suppressed

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18037847

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Delphinus? microbrachium

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

microbrachium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1882-13

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12931766

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Delphinus velox

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

velox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

partially_suppressed

Type

MNHN galerie 17

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374130

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Lesson (1842:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Kelaart (1852:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  4. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Prodelphinus graffmani

(Lönnberg, 1934)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

graffmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Delphinus pseudodelphis

(Wiegmann in J. A. Wagner, 1840)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

pseudodelphis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 12009

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078418

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinorhyncus Pernettyi

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

pernettyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation · preoccupied

Authority page

406

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207873

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Stenella attenuata

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

attenuata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

296

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20729/50373009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Stenella attenuata attenuata

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

attenuata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

Stenella attenuata graffmani

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

graffmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

delphinus Pernettyi

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

pernettyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

partially_suppressed

Authority page

513

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521957

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Delphinus capensis

(W. L. von Rapp, 1837)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinus pseudodelphis

(Schlegel, 1841)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

pseudodelphis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

partially_suppressed · subsequent_usage · preoccupied

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012275

Authority publication

Leiden

Delphinus attenuatus

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

attenuatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729768

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Delphinus Rappii

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1846)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

rappii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Dresden

Delphinus brevimanus

(J. A. Wagner, 1847)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

brevimana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

partially_suppressed

Authority page

427, pl. 361 (fig. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42534273

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinus brevimanus

(Jacquinot & Pucheran, 1853)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

brevimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43560922

Authority publication

Paris

Delphinus punctatus

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

punctatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

398

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730143

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Steno consimilis

(A. W. Malm, 1871)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

consimilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

104; Plate 6, Fig. 53

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinus Pernetyi

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

pernetyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

322

Authority publication

Report of the United States National Museum

Delphinus pernettyensis

(R. A. Philippi, 1893)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

pernettyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836680

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

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