Spinner dolphins - Stenella

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Stenella
Author Gray, 1866
Taxonomic Rank Genus
Taxonomic # 180428
Common Names English: spotted dolphins
English: spinner dolphins
English: striped dolphins
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Mammalia
        Subclass: Theria
          Infraclass: Eutheria
            Order: Cetacea
              Suborder: Odontoceti
                Family: Delphinidae
Taxonomic Children Species: Stenella attenuata
Species: Stenella clymene
Species: Stenella coeruleoalba
Species: Stenella frontalis
Species: Stenella longirostris
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN180428
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)1,407
#records (non-spatial)1
#datasets72
Year1966 - 2023
Latitude-53.97 - 60.73
Longitude-170.47 - 59.77
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