Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1

Stenella clytnene

Description

Stenella clytnene (Gray, 1850). Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. Cetacea, p. 115.

TYPE LOCALITY: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Tropical and warm temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

COMMENT: Recognized by Hershkovitz, 1966, but not by the IWC, 1975, J. Fish Res. Bd. Can., 32:875-983 (who included it in longirostris). See Perrin et al., 1981, J. Mammal., 62:583- 598, for redescription.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 296, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352983

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Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cetacea
Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Stenella
Species
clytnene
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Stenella clytnene (Gray, 1850) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Perrin, W. F., E. D. Mitchell, J. G. Mead, D. K. Caldwell, and P. J. H. van Bree. 1981. Stenella clymene a rediscovered tropical dolphin of the Atlantic. Journal of Mammalogy, 62 (3): 583 - 598.