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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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Synonyms:

    asthenops (Cope, 1865)
    crotaphiscus (Cope, 1865)
    euphrosyne (Gray, 1846)
    styx (Gray, 1846)
    tethyos (Gervais, 1853)

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