Pantropical spotted dolphin

Pantropical spotted dolphin[1]
Dolphin skipping on its tail over the water
Size compared to an average human
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Stenella
Species:
S. attenuata
Binomial name
Stenella attenuata
(Gray, 1846)
Subspecies
  • S. a. attanuata
  • S. a. graffmani
Pantropical spotted dolphin range
Synonyms
  • Delphinus velox Cuvier, 1829
  • Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann, 1840
  • Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846
  • Delphinus brevimanus Wagner, 1846
  • Delphinus albirostratus Peale, 1848
  • Delphinus microbrachium Gray, 1850
  • Lagenorhynchus pseudodelphis Gervais, 1855
  • Steno capensis Gray, 1866
  • Steno brevimanus Gray, 1866
  • Clymene punctata Gray, 1866
  • Steno consimilis Malm, 1871
  • Prodelphinus attenuatus Trouessart, 1904
  • Stenella pseudodelphis Oliver, 1922
  • Prodelphinus graffmani Lönnberg, 1934
  • Delphinus attenuata Hassanin et al, 2012

The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans.[4] The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna purse seines. In the 1980s, the rise of "dolphin-friendly" tuna capture methods saved millions of the species in the eastern Pacific Ocean and it is now one of the most abundant dolphin species in the world.

  1. ^ Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Kiszka, J.; Braulik, G. (2018). "Stenella attenuata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T20729A50373009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T20729A50373009.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).