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SPECIES Stenella clymene

Author:Gray, 1846.
Citation:Zool. Voy. H.M.S. "Erebus" and "Terror", 1: 39.
Common Name:Clymene Dolphin
Type Locality:None given, unknown.
Distribution:Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico: warm-temperate to tropical waters.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Recognized by Hershkovitz (1966a), but not by Mitchell (1975a) who included it in longirostris. See Perrin et al. (1981) for redescription.
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Synonyms:

    metis (Gray, 1846)
    normalis (Gray, 1866)

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