Stenella frontalis (G. Cuvier 1829)

[Delphinus] frontalis G. Cuvier 1829, Regn. Anim., Nouv. ed., Vol. 1: 288.

Type Locality: "découvert un aux îles du Cap-Vert ". (= off Cape Verde Isls, West Africa).

Vernacular Names: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin.

Synonyms: Stenella doris (Gray 1846); Stenella froenatus (F. Cuvier 1836); Stenella plagiodon (Cope 1866); Stenella pernettensis (de Blainville 1817); Stenella pernettyi (Desmarest 1820) .

Distribution: Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico: warm-temperate to tropical waters.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Perrin et al. (1987) revised this species. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1977 a) suppressed D. pernettensis de Blainville, 1817 and D. pernettyi Desmarest, 1820, which Hershkovitz (1966 a) used as a senior synonym for S. plagiodon .