WoRMS taxon details
Steno Gray, 1846
Glyphidelphis Gervais, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subgenus Steno (Sotalia)
- Species Steno (Sotalia) brasiliensis Trouessart, 1898 represented as Steno brasiliensis Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853)
- Species Steno (Sotalia) guianensis Trouessart, 1898 represented as Steno guianensis Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864)
- Species Steno (Sotalia) guianensis Van Beneden, 1868 represented as Delphinus guianensis Van Beneden, 1864 accepted as Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864)
- Species Steno (Sotalia) tucuxi Trouessart, 1898 represented as Steno tucuxi Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853)
- Species Steno (Sotalia) perniger Trouessart, 1898 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Subgenus Steno (Sousa)
- Species Steno (Sousa) lentiginosus Gray, 1866 represented as Steno lentiginosus Gray, 1866 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
- Species Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
- Species Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) (basionym)
- Species Steno bradanensis (Lesson, 1828) accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) (Spelling mistake)
- Species Steno brasiliensis Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853) (synonym)
- Species Steno brevimanus Gray, 1866 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Steno capensis Gray, 1865 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Steno chinensis Gray, 1871 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) (synonym)
- Species Steno consimilis Malm, 1871 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Steno fluviatilis Gray, 1866 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853) (synonym)
- Species Steno frontatus Blyth, 1863 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Steno guianensis Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864) (synonym)
- Species Steno lentiginosus Blanford, 1891 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) (synonym)
- Species Steno lentiginosus Gray, 1866 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) (synonym)
- Species Steno malayanus Gray, 1866 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Steno pallidus Gray, 1866 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853) (synonym)
- Species Steno perspicillatus True, 1889 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Steno plumbeus Blanford, 1891 accepted as Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829) (synonym of Sousa plumbea)
- Species Steno roseiventris Gray, 1866 accepted as Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Steno rostratus Lutken, 1889 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) (preoccupied)
- Species Steno tucaxi Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853) (misspelling)
- Species Steno tucuxi Gray, 1856 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853) (synonym)
- Species Steno tucuxi Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853) (synonym)
- Subgenus Steno (Stenella) Gray, 1866 represented as Stenella Gray, 1866 (basionym)
- Species Steno fuscus Gray, 1846 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Species Steno gadamu Gray, 1866 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Species Steno perniger Blanford, 1891 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
marine, terrestrial
Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416 [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Steno Gray, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137025 on 2025-07-16
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original description
Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416 [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
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additional source
van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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