Stenella attenuata (Gray 1846)
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Stenella attenuata (Gray 1846) |
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Stenella attenuata (Gray 1846) View in CoL
[Steno] attenuatus Gray 1846 View in CoL , Zool. Voy. H. M. S. "Erebus" and "Terror", Vol. 1: 44.
Type Locality: None given, unknown (possibly India, see Gray, 1843).
Vernacular Names: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin.
Synonyms: Stenella dubius (G. Cuvier 1812) .
Subspecies: :
Subspecies Stenella attenuata subsp. attenuata Gray 1846
Subspecies Stenella attenuata subsp. graffmani Lönnberg 1934
Distribution: Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).
Discussion: Perrin et al. (1987) revised this species. D. dubius is a nomen nudum [sic dubium] ( Perrin et al., 1987). Opinion 1660 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1991) conserved attenuatus Gray, 1846 and suppressed velox Cuvier, 1829, pseudodelphis Schlegel, 1841, and brevimanus Wagner, 1846. Rice (1998:108) recognized Stenella attenuata subspecies A of Perrin (1975) (Eastern Tropical Pacific Offshore Spotted Porpoise), S. a. subspecies B of Perrin (1975) (Hawaiian Spotted Porpoise), and S. a. graffmani (Eastern Pacific Coastal Spotted Porpoise ( Perrin, 1975)).
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