Stenella attenuata

Authors :: James G. Mead
Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
Publication Year :: 1993
Publisher :: Zenodo, 1993.
Abstract: Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846). Zool. Voy. H.M.S. "Erebus" and "Terror", 1:44. TYPE LOCALITY: None given, unknown (possibly India, see Gray, 1843). DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: albirostratus, brevimanus, capensis, consimilis, graffmani, malayanus, pseudodelphis, punctata, velox. COMMENTS: Perrin et al. (1987) revised this species. D. dubius is a nomen nudum (sic dubium] (Perrin et al., 1987). Opinion 1660 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1991) conserved attenuata Gray, 1846 and suppressed velox Cuvier, 1839, pseudodelphis Schlegel, 1841, and brevimanus Wagner, 1846.<br />Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 356, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352970