Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Delphinidae > Genus Stenella

Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stenella*	Gray, 1866	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Afrikaans: streepdolfyn

Albanian: delfini me shirita sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Arabic: delfin azrak wa abyad

Bokmål (Norwegian): stripedelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Catalan: dofí listat; dofí ratllat

Croatian: prugasti dupin

Danish: stribet delfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: dolfijn van Gray; gestreepte dolfijn sources: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium: Oostende

English: blue dolphin; blue-white dolphin; Euphrosyne dolphin; Gray's dolphin; streaker porpoise; striped dolphin sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Striped Dolphin sources: Charles Hussey

French: dauphin bleu et blanc sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: blauweißer Delfin; Streifendelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: zónodelfino; Ζωνοδέλφινο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Indonesian: lumba-lumba strip

Israel (Hebrew): stenella mefuspeset

Italian: delfino dalle briglie; delfino eufrosine; delfino striato; prodelfino bianco-ceruleo; stenella striata

Japanese: suji iruka

Korean: julbagi-dolgorae

Lithuanian: dryžuotasis prodelfinas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Malagasi: lambondriaka mitsoridriaka

Norwegian: stripedelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: stripedelfin sources: Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Nat. Curios., 16(2):609, pl.

Norwegian Nynorsk: stripedelfin sources: Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Nat. Curios., 16(2):609, pl.

Nynorsk (Norwegian): stripedelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: stenella pręgoboka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: golfinho-listrado; golfinho-riscado; toninha-riscada

Russian: polosatyi delfin; polosatyi prodelfin; stenella

Slovenian: navadni progasti delfin sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: delfin a rayas; delfín azul; delfin blanco; delfin blanco y azul; delfin de betas; delfín listado; estenela listada; estenela rayada; tonina listada

Swedish: strimmig delfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Thai: plaloma thaep

Turkish: cizgili yunus; çizgili yunus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Продельфін смугастий; смугастий дельфін sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: dolffin rhesog

Literature

original description	Meyen, F. J. F. (1833). Beiträge zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um de Erde. Zweite Abhandlung. Säugethiere. IV. Walle. Cetacea. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldisnisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher 16(2);609--610, pl.43.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Archer, F. I., II and W. F. Perrin. (1999). Stenella coeruleoalba. Mammalian Species 603:1--9.
additional source	Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (426 nucleotides; 269 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833). In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137107