Stenella frontalis (G. Cuvier 1829)
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Stenella frontalis (G. Cuvier 1829) |
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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 .
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