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Stenella attenuata

Description

Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) —Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Steno attenuates Gray, 1846 p.44; Type locality- unknown but possibly India (Gray, 1843).

Prodelphinus froenatus: Kuroda, 1938 p.16.

Stenella frontalis: Won, 1958 p.434; Won, 1967 p.84.

Stenella attenuate: Kim et al., 2000 p.103; Kim, 2004 p.248.

Range: The species is most common in the East China Sea at the interface of the Yellow Sea and East Sea of Korea (Kim 2004; Fig. 105).

Remarks: Stenella attenuata was initially included in S. frontalis and regarded as a distinct species. Two subspecies of Pantropical spotted dolphin were recognized by mtDNA analysis (Escorza-Trevino et al. 2005): S. a. attenuata in tropical oceanic waters worldwide, and S. a. graffmani in the coastal waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (Perrin 2002). Stenella a. attenuata (Gray, 1846) inhabits the waters of Korea.

Notes

Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on page 154, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cetacea
Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Stenella
Species
attenuata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018

References

  • Gray, J. E. (1846) The Zoology of the Foyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Fol. I. Mammalia, Birds. Reeve Brothers, London, 328 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. (1843) List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum of Natural History, London, 490 pp.
  • Kuroda, N. (1938) A list of the Japanese Mammals. Published by Author, Tokyo, 122 pp.
  • Won, P. H. (1958) A hand list of Korean mammals. Bulletin of Kyung-Hee University, 1, 427 - 460.
  • Won, P. H. (1967) Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna and flora of Korea. Fol. 7. Mammals. Ministry of Education, Seoul, 663 pp. [in Korean]
  • Kim, Z. G., Lee, J. U., Baik, C. I., Sohn, H. S., Park, C. S., Lee, D. W., Choi, K. H., Hong, B. Q., Kim, S. T., Park, J. H., Cho, Y. M., Cha, H. K. & Hwang, K. S. (2000) Whales and Dolphins off Korean Peninsula. National Fisheries Research & Development Institute, Busan, 137 pp. [in Korean]
  • Kim, Z. G. (2004) Suborder Pinnipedia & Order Cetacea. In: Won, B. O. (Ed.), The mammals of Korea. Dongbang Media Press, Seoul, pp. 184 - 254. [in Korean]
  • Escorza-Trevino, S., Archer, F. I., Rosales, M. Lang, A. & Dizon, A. E. (2005) Genetic differentiation and infraspecific structure of eastern tropical Pacific spotted dolpins, Stenella attenuata, revealed by DNA analysis. Conservation Genetics, 6, 587 - 600. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10592 - 005 - 9013 - 9
  • Perrin, W. F. (2002) Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata. In: Perrin, W. F., Wursig, B. & Thewissen, J. G. M. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, London, pp. 865 - 867.