Pantropical spotted dolphin

Pantropical spotted dolphin
	Dolphin skipping on its tail over the water
	Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Delphinidae
Genus:	Stenella
Species:	S. attenuata
Binomial name
	Stenella attenuata; (Gray, 1846)
Subspecies
	S. a. attanuata; S. a. graffmani;
	Pantropical spotted dolphin range
Synonyms
	Delphinus velox Cuvier, 1829 ; Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann, 1840 ; Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846 ; Delphinus brevimanus Wagner, 1846 ; Delphinus albirostratus Peale, 1848 ; Delphinus microbrachium Gray, 1850 ; Lagenorhynchus pseudodelphis Gervais, 1855 ; Steno capensis Gray, 1866 ; Steno brevimanus Gray, 1866 ; Clymene punctata Gray, 1866 ; Steno consimilis Malm, 1871 ; Prodelphinus attenuatus Trouessart, 1904 ; Stenella pseudodelphis Oliver, 1922 ; Prodelphinus graffmani Lönnberg, 1934 ; Delphinus attenuata Hassanin et al, 2012 ;

The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans.^[4] The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna purse seines. In the 1980s, the rise of "dolphin-friendly" tuna capture methods saved millions of the species in the eastern Pacific Ocean and it is now one of the most abundant dolphin species in the world.

^ Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Kiszka, J.; Braulik, G. (2018). "Stenella attenuata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T20729A50373009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T20729A50373009.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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[MSW3-1] Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-2] Kiszka, J.; Braulik, G. (2018). "Stenella attenuata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T20729A50373009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T20729A50373009.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[3] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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