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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Stenella
SPECIES Stenella frontalis
| Author: | G. Cuvier, 1829. | | Citation: | Règne Anim., Nouv. ed., 1: 288. | | Common Name: | Atlantic Spotted Dolphin | | Type Locality: | "découvert un aux îles du Cap-Vert". (= off Cape Verde Isls, West Africa). | | Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico: warm-temperate to tropical waters. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Perrin et al. (1987) revised this species. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1977a) suppressed D. pernettensis de Blainville, 1817 and D. pernettyi Desmarest, 1820, which Hershkovitz (1966a) used as a senior synonym for S. plagiodon. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
doris (Gray, 1846)
froenatus (F. Cuvier, 1836)
plagiodon (Cope, 1866)
pernettensis (de Blainville, 1817)
pernettyi (Desmarest, 1820)
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