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Steno bredanensis

Description

Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson 1828)

[Delphinus] bredanensis G. Cuvier in Lesson 1828, Hist. Nat. Gen. Part. Mamm. Oiseaux, Vol. 1: 206.

Type Locality: Coast of France.

Vernacular Names: Rough-toothed Dolphin.

Synonyms: Steno compressus (Gray 1843); Steno frontatus (Cuvier 1823); Steno perspicillatus Peters 1876; Steno rostratus (Desmarest 1817).

Distribution: Worldwide: warm-temperate to tropical waters.

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

Discussion: Stenopontistes zambezicus is not a synonym, see comment under Sousa chinensis. See Schevill (1987 a) for further taxonomic notes.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, pp. 723-743 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 734, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
G. Cuvier in Lesson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cetacea
Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Steno
Species
bredanensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Steno bredanensis (in, 1828) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Gray, J. E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 216 pp.
  • Peters, W. C. H. 1876. Uber die Pelzrobbe von der Inseln St. Paul und Amsterdam. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1876: 315 - 316.
  • Schevill, W. E. 1987 a. Note by William E. Schevill [on Steno bredanensis in the Mediterranean Sea, Watkins et al.]. Marine Mammal Science, 3 (1): 77.