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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Stenella
SPECIES Stenella coeruleoalba
| Author: | Meyen, 1833. | | Citation: | Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Nat. Curios., 16(2): 609, pl. 43. | | Common Name: | Striped Dolphin | | Type Locality: | "an der östlichen Küste von Südamerika; wir karpunirten ihn in der Gegend des Rio de la Plata." (= South Atlantic Ocean near Rio de la Plata, off coast of Argentina and Uruguay). | | Distribution: | Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd). | | Comments: | See Mitchell (1970:720). Perrin et al. (1981, 1987) gave a revised synonymy of this species. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
asthenops (Cope, 1865)
crotaphiscus (Cope, 1865)
euphrosyne (Gray, 1846)
styx (Gray, 1846)
tethyos (Gervais, 1853)
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