Striped dolphin

Striped dolphin[1]
A striped dolphin in full flight
Size compared to an average human
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Stenella
Species:
S. coeruleoalba
Binomial name
Stenella coeruleoalba
(Meyen, 1833)
Striped dolphin range
Synonyms
  • Delphinus styx Gray, 1846
  • Delphinus euphrosyne Gray, 1846
  • Delphinus holbollii Nilsson, 1847
  • Delphinus lateralis Peale, 1848
  • Delphinus tethyos Gervais, 1853
  • Delphinus marginatus Duvernoy, 1857
  • Delphinus mediterraneus Loche, 1860
  • Delphinus asthenops Cope, 1865
  • Delphinus crotaphiscus Cope, 1865
  • Tursio dorcides Gray, 1866
  • Clymenia euphrosynoides Gray, 1868
  • Clymene burmeisteri Malm, 1871
  • Clymenia novaezelandiae Hector, 1873
  • Delphinus amphitriteus Philippi, 1893

The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is a dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. It is a member of the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae.

  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.
  2. ^ Braulik, G. (2019). "Stenella coeruleoalba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T20731A50374282. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T20731A50374282.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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