Stenella longirostris
(J. E. Gray, 1828)
Spinner Dolphin
Distribution :
Worldwide: warm-temperate to tropical waters.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6218
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Cetacea |
| Infraorder | : Odontoceti |
| Superfamily | : Delphinoidea |
| Family | : Delphinidae |
| Subfamily | : Delphininae |
| Genus | : Stenella |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1828. Spicilegia Zoologica; or original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. Part I. Treuttel, Wurtz, and Co., London, 8 pp.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Delphinus longirostris
Other common names
Long-beaked Dolphin · Long-snouted Dolphin · Pantropical Spinner Dolphin · Gray's Spinner Dolphin · Central American Spinner Dolphin · Eastern Spinner Dolphin · Dwarf Spinner Dolphin
Type material
RMNH.MAM.8676
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
no type locality given. Later designated by J. E. Gray in 1850 to "Inhab. Southern Ocean."
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
American Samoa · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Angola · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Belize · Bermuda · Bonaire · Brazil · British Virgin Islands · Brunei · Cambodia · Cape Verde · Cayman Islands · China · Christmas Island · Cocos Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cote d'Ivoire · Cuba · Curaçao · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · East Timor · Ecuador · Egypt · El Salvador · Eritrea · Fiji · French Guiana · French Polynesia · Galápagos Islands · Ghana · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Iran · Israel · Jamaica · Japan · Jordan · Kenya · Kiribati · Kuwait · Liberia · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Marshall Islands · Martinique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mexico · Micronesia · Mozambique · Myanmar · New Caledonia · New Zealand · Nicaragua · Niue · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Palau · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Puerto Rico · Réunion · Saba · Saint Helena · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Seychelles · Singapore · Sint Eustatius · Sint Maarten · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Suriname · Taiwan · Tanzania · Thailand · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Tuvalu · United Arab Emirates · United States · United States Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Vietnam · Wallis and Futuna · Yemen · Barbados? · Benin? · Cameroon? · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Equatorial Guinea? · Gabon? · Gambia? · Grenada? · Guadeloupe? · Guinea-Bissau? · Guyana? · Haiti? · Iraq? · Montserrat? · Morocco? · Namibia? · Nauru? · Nigeria? · North Korea? · Pitcairn? · Republic of the Congo? · Sierra Leone? · South Korea? · São Tomé and Príncipe? · Togo? · Tokelau? · Turks and Caicos Islands?
Subregion distribution
USA(FL, HI, LA?, NC?, SC?, TX?)
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 24 names and synonyms.
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