Spotted dolphin

Spotted dolphin refers to either one of two closely related dolphin species, being:

  • Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
  • pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata

While the pantropical spotted dolphin can be found around the world's oceans where a tropical or subtropical climate exists, the Atlantic spotted dolphin can only be found in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Extant Cetacea species
  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class Mammalia
  • Infraclass Eutheria
  • Superorder Laurasiatheria
  • Order Artiodactyla
  • Suborder Whippomorpha
Parvorder Mysticeti (Baleen whales)
Balaenidae
Balaena
  • Bowhead whale (B. mysticetus)
Eubalaena
(Right whales)
  • Southern right whale (E. australis)
  • North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis)
  • North Pacific right whale (E. japonica)
Balaenopteridae
(Rorquals)
Balaenoptera
  • Common minke whale (B. acutorostrata)
  • Antarctic minke whale (B. bonaerensis)
  • Sei whale (B. borealis)
  • Bryde's whale (B. brydei)
  • Pygmy Bryde's whale (B. edeni)
  • Blue whale (B. musculus)
  • Omura's whale (B. omurai)
  • Fin whale (B. physalus)
  • Rice's whale (B. ricei)
Eschrichtius
  • Gray whale (E. robustus)
Megaptera
  • Humpback whale (M. novaeangliae)
Cetotheriidae
Caperea
  • Pygmy right whale (C. marginata)
Parvorder Odontoceti (Toothed whales)
Delphinidae
(Oceanic dolphins)
Cephalorhynchus
  • Commerson's dolphin (C. commersonii)
  • Chilean dolphin (C. eutropia)
  • Heaviside's dolphin (C. heavisidii)
  • Hector's dolphin (C. hectori)
Delphinus
  • Common dolphin (D. delphis)
Feresa
  • Pygmy killer whale (F. attenuata)
Globicephala
(Pilot whales)
  • Short-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus)
  • Long-finned pilot whale (G. melas)
Grampus
  • Risso's dolphin (G. griseus)
Lagenodelphis
  • Fraser's dolphin (L. hosei)
Lagenorhynchus
  • White-beaked dolphin (L. albirostris)
  • Atlantic white-sided dolphin (L. acutus)
  • Peale's dolphin (L. australis)
  • Hourglass dolphin (L. cruciger)
  • Pacific white-sided dolphin (L. obliquidens)
  • Dusky dolphin (L. obscurus)
Lissodelphis
(Right whale dolphins)
  • Northern right whale dolphin (L. borealis)
  • Southern right whale dolphin (L. peronii)
Orcaella
  • Irrawaddy dolphin (O. brevirostris)
  • Australian snubfin dolphin (O. heinsohni)
Orcinus
  • Orca or killer whale (O. orca)
Peponocephala
  • Melon-headed whale (P. electra)
Pseudorca
  • False killer whale (P. crassidens)
Sotalia
  • Tucuxi (S. fluviatilis)
  • Guiana dolphin (S. guianensis)
Sousa
(Humpback dolphins)
  • Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (S. chinensis)
  • Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (S. plumbea)
  • Australian humpback dolphin (S. sahulensis)
  • Atlantic humpback dolphin (S. teuszii)
Stenella
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin (S. attenuata)
  • Clymene dolphin (S. clymene)
  • Striped dolphin (S. coeruleoalba)
  • Atlantic spotted dolphin (S. frontalis)
  • Spinner dolphin (S. longirostris)
Steno
  • Rough-toothed dolphin (S. bredanensis)
Tursiops
(Bottlenose dolphins)
  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (T. aduncus)
  • Burrunan dolphin (T. australis)
  • Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (T. erebennus)
  • Common bottlenose dolphin (T. truncatus)
Monodontidae
Delphinapterus
  • Beluga whale (D. leucas)
Monodon
  • Narwhal (M. monoceros)
Phocoenidae
(Porpoises)
Neophocoena
(Finless porpoises)
  • Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (N. phocaenoides)
  • Yangtze finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis)
Phocoena
  • Spectacled porpoise (P. dioptrica)
  • Harbour porpoise (P. phocoena)
  • Vaquita (P. sinus)
  • Burmeister's porpoise (P. spinipinnis)
Phocoenoides
  • Dall's porpoise (P. dalli)
Physeteridae
Physeter
  • Sperm whale (P. macrocephalus)
Kogiidae
Kogia
  • Pygmy sperm whale (K. breviceps)
  • Dwarf sperm whale (K. simus)
Iniidae
Inia
  • Araguaian river dolphin (I. araguaiaensis)
  • Bolivian river dolphin (I. boliviensis)
  • Amazon river dolphin (I. geoffrensis)
Lipotidae
Lipotes
  • Baiji (L. vexillifer)
Platanistidae
Platanista
  • Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica)
  • Indus river dolphin (P. minor)
Pontoporiidae
Pontoporia
  • La Plata dolphin (P. blainvillei)
Ziphiidae
(Beaked whales)
Berardius
  • Arnoux's beaked whale (B. arnuxii)
  • Baird's beaked whale (B. bairdii)
  • Sato's beaked whale (B. minimus)
Hyperoodon
(Bottlenose whales)
  • Northern bottlenose whale (H. ampullatus)
  • Southern bottlenose whale (H. planifrons)
Indopacetus
  • Tropical bottlenose whale (I. pacificus)
Mesoplodon
(Mesoplodont whales)
  • Sowerby's beaked whale (M. bidens)
  • Andrews' beaked whale (M. bowdoini)
  • Hubbs' beaked whale (M. carlhubbsi)
  • Blainville's beaked whale (M. densirostris)
  • Ramari's beaked whale (M. eueu)
  • Gervais's beaked whale (M. europaeus)
  • Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (M. ginkgodens)
  • Gray's beaked whale (M. grayi)
  • Hector's beaked whale (M. hectori)
  • Deraniyagala's beaked whale (M. hotaula)
  • Strap-toothed whale (M. layardii)
  • True's beaked whale (M. mirus)
  • Perrin's beaked whale (M. perrini)
  • Pygmy beaked whale (M. peruvianus)
  • Stejneger's beaked whale (M. stejnegeri)
  • Spade-toothed whale (M. traversii)
Tasmacetus
  • Shepherd's beaked whale (T. shepherdi)
Ziphius
  • Cuvier's beaked whale (Z. cavirostris)
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