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

Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stenella*	Gray, 1866	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gevlekte dolfijn

English: Atlantic spotted dolphin; bridled dolphin; bridled porpoise; Cape dolphin; Cuvier's porpoise; gamin; Gulf Stream spotted dolphin; long-snouted dolphin; narrow-snouted dolphin sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: dauphin bridé; dauphin tacheté de l'Atlantique

German: Atlantischer Fleckendelfin; Zügeldelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Στικτοδέλφινο του Ατλαντικού sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: stenella maculata atlantica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Portuguese: golfinho pintado do Atlantico

Russian: уздечковый продельфин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: atlantski progasti delfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: delfín embridado; delfín oceánico; delfin pardo; delfín pintado; estenela moteada de Cope; estenela moteado del Atlantico; prodelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Atlantik benekli yunusu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Продельфін вуздечковий

Literature

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	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.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 723--743.
additional source	Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication. 4.
additional source	Culik, B. (2000). Convention on Migratory Species: Whales and Dolphins.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (246): 1-259.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Perrin, W. F. (2002). Stenella frontalis. Mammalian Species 702:1--6.
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., E. D. Mitchell, J. G. Mead, D. K. Caldwell, P. J. H. van Bree and W. H. Dawbin. (1987). Revision of the spotted dolphins, Stenella spp. Marine Mammal Science 3:99--170.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137108