Stenella frontalis

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Atlantic 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

Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome I. Déterville et Crochard, Paris, 584 pp.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Delphinus frontalis

Other common names

Bridled Dolphin · Cuvier's Porpoise · Spotted Porpoise

Type material

MNHN A 3035 = MNHN CGZ 25

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"découvert un aux îles du Cap-Vert" (off Cape Verde Islands, West Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Angola · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bonaire · Sint Eustatius · Saba · Brazil · Cape Verde · Cayman Islands · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Cote d'Ivoire · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Equatorial Guinea · French Guiana · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guadeloupe · Guinea · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Martinique · Mauritania · Mexico · Montserrat · Nicaragua · Panama · Portugal · Madeira · Azores · Puerto Rico · Saint Helena · Saint Lucia · Sint Maarten · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Spain · Canary Islands · Togo · United States · Venezuela · British Virgin Islands · United States Virgin Islands · Guyana · Morocco · Suriname · Argentina? · Bermuda? · Cameroon? · Canada? · Republic of the Congo? · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Grenada? · Guatemala? · Guinea-Bissau? · Liberia? · Namibia? · Nigeria? · São Tomé and Príncipe? · Trinidad and Tobago? · Turks and Caicos Islands? · Uruguay?

Subregion distribution

USA(FL,NC,AL?,GA?,SC?)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006439

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.

Delphinus Doris

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

doris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:352a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c797ec4b-91c0-4e36-ad75-e1e8425808e7

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957470

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Delphinus frontalis

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

frontalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN A 3035 = MNHN CGZ 25

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Paris

Delphinus fraenatus

(F. Cuvier, 1836)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

fraenata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN A.3034

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

155

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Delphinus plagiodon

(Cope, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

plagiodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A3884

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d51a5b72-603d-4c37-872c-6936bd1e2e65

Authority page

296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26375016

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Delphinus frœnatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

froenatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

199

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Stenella plagiodon

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

plagiodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

296

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Stenella frontalis

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

frontalis

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 (2014:511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20732/50375312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Delphinus frenatus

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

frenatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957470

Authority publication

London

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