WoRMS taxon details
Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
137105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137105)
accepted
Species
Clymene punctata Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clymenia (Steno) attenuatus Flower, 1870 · alternative representation
Clymenia attenuatus Flower, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clymenia capensis Flower, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus albirostratus Peale, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus brevimanus Wagner, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus malayanus Schlegel, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus microbrachium Gray, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann in Wagner, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus punctatus Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus velox G. Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagenorhynchus albirostratus Peale, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagenorhynchus coeruleoalbus Cassin, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prodelphinus alope Lutken, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prodelphinus attenuatus Flower, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prodelphinus brevimanus H. Gervais in Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prodelphinus capensis Trouessart, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prodelphinus graffmani Lonnberg, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stenella graffmani Kellogg, 1940 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stenella pseudodelphis Oliver, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)
Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (basionym)
Steno brevimanus Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Steno capensis Gray, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Steno consimilis Malm, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Stenella attenuata attenuata (Gray, 1846)
- Subspecies Stenella attenuata graffmani Perrin, 1990
marine, terrestrial
(of Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846) 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
page(s): 44, pl. 28 [details]
page(s): 44, pl. 28 [details]
Note Unknown, possibly India.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Unknown, possibly India. [details]
Distribution all oceans, between about 40°N and 40°S
Distribution distributed worldwide in tropical and some sub-tropical oceans
Distribution all oceans, between about 40°N and 40°S [details]
Distribution distributed worldwide in tropical and some sub-tropical oceans
Distribution distributed worldwide in tropical and some sub-tropical oceans [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137105 on 2024-12-13
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original description
(of Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846) 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
page(s): 44, pl. 28 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. & Hung SK. (2007). An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong. Mammalia 71: pp 105-114. [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Perrin, W. F., E. D. Mitchell, J. G. Mead, D. K. Caldwell, P. J. H. van Bree and W. H. Dawbin. (1987). Revision of the spotted dolphins, <i>Stenella</i> spp. Marine Mammal Science 3:99--170. [details]
additional source Perrin, W. F. (2001). Stenella attenuata. Mammalian Species 683:1--8. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 44, pl. 28 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. & Hung SK. (2007). An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong. Mammalia 71: pp 105-114. [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Perrin, W. F., E. D. Mitchell, J. G. Mead, D. K. Caldwell, P. J. H. van Bree and W. H. Dawbin. (1987). Revision of the spotted dolphins, <i>Stenella</i> spp. Marine Mammal Science 3:99--170. [details]
additional source Perrin, W. F. (2001). Stenella attenuata. Mammalian Species 683:1--8. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Subadult skull in British Museum (Natural History), London; no. 347.b. [details]IUCN Red List Category Least Concern (LC) [details]
Type locality Unknown, possibly India. [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution all oceans, between about 40°N and 40°S [details]Distribution distributed worldwide in tropical and some sub-tropical oceans [details]
Habitat oceanic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | gevlekte dolfyn | [details] |
| English | spotterspotted porpoisespotted dolphinslender-beaked dolphinslender dolphinpantropical spotted dolphinnarrow-snouted dolphinkiko (in Hawaii)Graffman's dolphinCape dolphin | [details] |
| French | dauphin tacheté pantropical | [details] |
| German | schlanker DelphinSchlankdelfin | [details] |
| Hawaiian | kiko | [details] |
| Hebrew | סטנלה ברודה * | [details] |
| Italian | stenella maculata pantropicale | [details] |
| Japanese | マダライルカarari iruka | [details] |
| Korean | jeombagi-dolgorae | [details] |
| Lithuanian | dėmėtasis prodelfinas | [details] |
| Malagasy | lambondriaka pentimpetina | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Παντροπικό διάστικτο δελφίνι | [details] |
| Polish | stenella wysmukła | [details] |
| Portuguese | golfinho pintado pantropicalgolfinho pintado dos tropicos | [details] |
| Russian | pyatnistyi delfin | [details] |
| Slovenian | vitki progasti delfin | [details] |
| Spanish | tonino pintadoestenela moteado pantropicalestenela moteadadelfín pintadodelfín moteadodelfín manchado tropicaldelfín manchado pantropicaldelfin de antifazbufeo manchado | [details] |
| Thai | plaloma lai chut | [details] |
| Turkish | pantropik benekli yunusu | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Продельфін атенуатаДельфін Атенуата | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (101 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prodelphinus graffmani Lonnberg, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Stenella pseudodelphis Oliver, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Clymene punctata Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Delphinus brevimanus Wagner, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Delphinus punctatus Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Stenella graffmani Kellogg, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Delphinus albirostratus Peale, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Delphinus velox G. Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Prodelphinus attenuatus Flower, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Steno capensis Gray, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Prodelphinus brevimanus H. Gervais in Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann in Wagner, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Delphinus malayanus Schlegel, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Delphinus microbrachium Gray, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Steno consimilis Malm, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Steno brevimanus Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Prodelphinus alope Lutken, 1889)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stenella attenuata)
To GenBank (583 nucleotides; 1457 proteins)
To GenBank (583 nucleotides; 1457 proteins) (from synonym Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 13936 Stenella attenuata flipper)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 396018 Stenella attenuata skull ventral view basicranial sinuses silicon)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prodelphinus graffmani Lonnberg, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Stenella pseudodelphis Oliver, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Clymene punctata Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Delphinus brevimanus Wagner, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Delphinus punctatus Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Stenella graffmani Kellogg, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Delphinus albirostratus Peale, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Delphinus velox G. Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Prodelphinus attenuatus Flower, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Steno capensis Gray, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Prodelphinus brevimanus H. Gervais in Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann in Wagner, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Delphinus malayanus Schlegel, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Delphinus microbrachium Gray, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Steno consimilis Malm, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Steno brevimanus Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Prodelphinus alope Lutken, 1889)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stenella attenuata)
To GenBank (583 nucleotides; 1457 proteins)
To GenBank (583 nucleotides; 1457 proteins) (from synonym Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 13936 Stenella attenuata flipper)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 396018 Stenella attenuata skull ventral view basicranial sinuses silicon)
To PESI
To ITIS
