Stenella

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Stenella
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:

• Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, S. attenuata
• Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, S. frontalis
• Spinner Dolphin, S. longirostris
• Clymene Dolphin, S. clymene
• Striped Dolphin, S. coeruleoalba

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.

v • d • e Extant Cetacea species   Suborder Mysticeti (Baleen whales) Balaenidae Balaena Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) Eubalaena (Right whales) North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) · North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica) · Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) Balaenopteridae (Rorquals) Balaenoptera Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) · Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) · Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera brydei) · Pygmy Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera edeni) · Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) · Northern Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) · Southern Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) · Balaenoptera omurai Megaptera Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Eschrichtiidae Eschrichtius Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Neobalaenidae Caperea Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata)   Suborder Odontoceti (Toothed whales) (cont. below) Delphinidae (Oceanic dolphins) Peponocephala Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) Orcinus Orca (Orcinus orca) Feresa Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata) Pseudorca False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) Globicephala (Pilot whales) Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) · Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) Delphinus Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) · Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Lissodelphis (Right whale dolphins) Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) · Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) Sotalia Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) Sousa Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) · Indian Humpback Dolphin (Sousa plumbea) · Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) Stenella Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) · Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene) · Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) · Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) · Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) Steno Rough-toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) Tursiops Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) · Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) Cephalorhynchus Chilean Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia) · Commerson's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) · Heaviside's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) · Hector's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) Grampus Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) Lagenodelphis Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) Lagenorhynchus Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) · Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) · Hourglass Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger) · Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) · Peale's Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) · White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) Orcaella Irrawaddy Dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) · Australian Snubfin Dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni)   Suborder Odontoceti (Toothed whales) (cont. above) Monodontidae Delphinapterus Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Monodon Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) Phocoenidae (Porpoises) Neophocaena Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaeniodes) Phocoena Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) · Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) · Spectacled Porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) · Burmeister's Porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) Phocoenoides Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) Physeteridae Physeter Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Kogiidae Kogia Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) · Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus) Ziphidae (Beaked whales) Berardius Arnoux's Beaked Whale (Berardius arnuxii) · Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii) Hyperoodon Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) · Southern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) Indopacetus Longman's Beaked Whale (Indopacetus pacificus) Mesoplodon (Mesoplodont whales) Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens) · Andrews' Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini) · Hubbs' Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon carlhubbsi) · Blainville's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) · Gervais' Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) · Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) · Gray's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon grayi) · Hector's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon hectori) · Layard's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon layardii) · True's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon mirus) · Pygmy Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus) · Perrin's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon perrini) · Stejneger's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri) · Spade-toothed Whale (Mesoplodon traversii) Tasmacetus Shepherd's Beaked Whale (Tasmacetus sheperdi) Ziphius Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) Iniidae Inia Boto (Inia geoffrensis) Lipotidae Lipotes Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) Platanistidae Platanista Ganges and Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) Pontoporiidae Pontoporia La Plata Dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei)