| Stenella | |
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| Striped Dolphin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Eutheria |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | Odontoceti |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | Stenella Gray, 1866 |
| Species | |
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Stenella attenuata |
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Stenella is a genus of aquatic mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins.[1][2][3] Currently five species are recognised in this genus:
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, S. attenuata[2]
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, S. frontalis[2]
- Spinner Dolphin, S. longirostris [2]
- Clymene Dolphin, S. clymene[2]
- Striped Dolphin, S. coeruleoalba[2]
The common name for species in this genus is the "spotted dolphins" or the "bridled dolphins".[1][2] They are found in temperate and tropical seas all around the world.[1][2] Individuals of several species begin their lives spotless and become steadily more covered in darker spots as they get older.[1][2]
The genus name comes from the Greek stenos meaning narrow.[1][2] It was coined by John Gray in 1866 when he intended it as a subgenus of Steno.[1] Modern taxonomists recognise two genera.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Tinker, Spencer Wilkie (1988). Whales of the World. Brill Archive. pp. 310. ISBN 0935848479, 9780935848472. http://books.google.com/books?id=ASIVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA137&dq=%22Stenella%22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Klinowska, Margaret; Justin Cooke (1991). Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the World. IUCN. pp. 429. ISBN 2880329361, 9782880329365. http://books.google.com/books?id=QynOriR1MxEC&dq=%22Stenella%22&cad=0.
- ^ Walker, Ernest Pillsbury; Ronald M. Nowak, John E. Heyning, Randall R. Reeves, Brent S. Stewart, John E. Heyning, Randall R. Reeves, Brent S. Stewart (2003). Walker's Marine Mammals of the World. JHU Press. pp. 264. ISBN 0801873436, 9780801873430.
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