Steno bredanensis
(Lesson, 1828)
Rough-toothed Dolphin
Distribution :
Worldwide: warm-temperate to tropical waters.
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Cetacea |
| Infraorder | : Odontoceti |
| Superfamily | : Delphinoidea |
| Family | : Delphinidae |
| Subfamily | : Globicephalinae |
| Genus | : Steno |
Species status
Authority citation
Lesson, R.P. 1828. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux découverts depuis 1788 jusqu'à nos jours. Cétacés. Baudouin Frères, Paris, 438 pp.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
delphinorhynchus bredanensis
Other common names
Slopehead
Type material
Ghent MDV50426
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Paimpol, Coast of France.
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
Algeria · American Samoa · Angola · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bermuda · Bonaire · Brazil · British Virgin Islands · Brunei · Cambodia · Cameroon · Canary Islands · Cape Verde · Cayman Islands · Chile · China · Cocos Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cote d'Ivoire · Cuba · Curaçao · Cyprus · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · East Timor · Ecuador · El Salvador · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Fiji · France · French Guiana · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Greece · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Iran · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · Kuwait · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Marshall Islands · Martinique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mexico · Micronesia · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Namibia · Nauru · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · Nigeria · Niue · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Palau · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Pitcairn · Portugal · Puerto Rico · Qatar · Republic of the Congo · Saba · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Helena · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Sint Eustatius · Sint Maarten · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · Suriname · São Tomé and Príncipe · Taiwan · Tanzania · Thailand · Togo · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · United Arab Emirates · United States · United States Virgin Islands · Venezuela · Vietnam · Wallis and Futuna · Yemen · Albania? · Bahrain? · Bosnia and Herzegovina? · Croatia? · Egypt? · Iraq? · Jordan? · Lebanon? · Malta? · Mayotte? · Montenegro? · Montserrat? · Norfolk Island? · North Korea? · Réunion? · Saudi Arabia? · Slovenia? · South Korea? · Sudan? · Syria? · Tunisia? · Turkey? · Tuvalu? · Uruguay? · Vanuatu?
Subregion distribution
USA(AL, CA, FL, GA, HI, LA, MI, 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.
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