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Stenella
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Striped Dolphin

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Subclass:Eutheria
Order:Cetacea
Suborder:Odontoceti
Family:Delphinidae
Genus:Stenella
Gray, 1866
Species


Stenella attenuata
Stenella frontalis
Stenella longirostris
Stenella clymene
Stenella coeruleoalba
Stenella is a genus in the dolphin family. Currently five species are recognised in this genus: The common name for species in this species is the "spotted dolphins" or the "bridled dolphins". They are found in temperate and tropical seas all around the world. Individuals of several species begin their lives spotless and become steadily more covered in darker spots as they get older.

The species name comes from the Greek stenos meaning narrow. It was coined by John Gray in 1866. He intended it as a subgenus of Steno. Modern taxonomists recognise two genera.
S. coeruleoalba

Binomial name
Stenella coeruleoalba
(Meyen, 1833)

Striped Dolphin range


The Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Eutheria

Orders[1]
  • Bobolestes
  • Eomaia
  • Maelestes
  • Montanalestes
  • Murtoilestes
  • Prokennalestes
  • Placentalia
  • Superorder

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Cetacea
Brisson, 1762

Diversity
Around 88 species; see list of cetaceans or below.

Suborders

Mysticeti
Odontoceti
Archaeoceti (extinct)
(see text for families)

The order Cetacea
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Odontoceti
Flower, 1869

Diversity
Around 73; see List of cetaceans or below.

Families
See text.

The toothed whales (systematic name Odontoceti) form a suborder of the cetaceans.
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Delphinidae
Gray, 1821

Genera

See text.
Oceanic dolphins are the members of the Delphinidae family of cetaceans. These aquatic mammals are related to whales and porpoises.
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John Edward Gray

Born January 12 1800(1800--)
Walsall, England
Died March 07 1875 (aged 75)

Nationality British
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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S. attenuata

Binomial name
Stenella attenuata
(Gray, 1846)

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin range


The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (
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S. frontalis

Binomial name
Stenella frontalis
Cuvier, 1829

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin range


Synonyms

Stenella plagiodon Cope, 1866 The
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S. longirostris

Binomial name
Stenella longirostris
(Gray, 1828)

Spinner Dolphin range


The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris
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S. clymene

Binomial name
Stenella clymene
Gray, 1846

Clymene Dolphin range


The Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene
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S. coeruleoalba

Binomial name
Stenella coeruleoalba
(Meyen, 1833)

Striped Dolphin range


The Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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Delphinidae and Platanistoidea
Gray, 1821

Genera

See article below.
Dolphins are aquatic mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genera. They vary in size from 1.
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family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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S. attenuata

Binomial name
Stenella attenuata
(Gray, 1846)

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin range


The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (
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S. frontalis

Binomial name
Stenella frontalis
Cuvier, 1829

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin range


Synonyms

Stenella plagiodon Cope, 1866 The
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S. longirostris

Binomial name
Stenella longirostris
(Gray, 1828)

Spinner Dolphin range


The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris
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S. clymene

Binomial name
Stenella clymene
Gray, 1846

Clymene Dolphin range


The Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene
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S. coeruleoalba

Binomial name
Stenella coeruleoalba
(Meyen, 1833)

Striped Dolphin range


The Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba
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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1830s  1840s  1850s  - 1860s -  1870s  1880s  1890s
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Steno

Species: S. bredanensis

Binomial name
Steno bredanensis
Lesson, 1828

Rough-toothed Dolphin range

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