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 frontalis (Cuvier, 1829)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

StenellaGray, 1866accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: gevlekte dolfijn
 English: Atlantic spotted dolphin; bridled dolphin; bridled porpoise; Cuvier's porpoise; gamin; Gulf Stream spotted dolphin; long-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

original description

Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.

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

Culik, B. 2000. Convention on Migratory Species: Whales and Dolphins.

additional source

Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

additional source

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

additional source

Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

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

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.

additional source

Perrin, W. F. (2002). Stenella frontalis. Mammalian Species 702:1--6.

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
GenBank (282 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829). 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:137108

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2008-08-20 by William Perrin

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