Stenella coeruleoalba Meyen 1833

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combinations: Delphinus coeruleoalbus, Lagenorhynchus (Electra) coeruleoalbus, Lagenorhynchus caeruleoalbus, Prodelphinus caeruleoalbus, Prodelphinus coeruleoalbus, Stenella caeruleoalba, Stenella coeruleoalbus

Synonyms: Clymene burmeisteri Malm 1871, Clymene dorides Gray 1866, Clymene euphrosyne Gray 1846, Clymenia dorides Gray 1866, Clymenia euphrosyne Gray 1846, Clymenia euphrosynoides Gray 1868, Clymenia novaezelandiae Hector 1873, Clymenia styx Gray 1846, Delphinus (Clymene) euphrosyne Gray 1846, Delphinus amphitriteus Philippi 1893, Delphinus asthenops Cope 1865, Delphinus crotaphiscus Cope 1865, Delphinus dorcides Gray 1866, Delphinus euphrosyne Gray 1846, Delphinus holbollii Nilsson 1847, Delphinus lateralis Peale 1848, Delphinus marginatus Duvernoy 1857, Delphinus mediterraneus Loche 1860, Delphinus styx Gray 1846, Delphinus tethyos Gervais 1853, Prodelphinus amphitriteus Philippi 1893, Prodelphinus burmeisteri Malm 1871, Prodelphinus crotaphiscus Cope 1865, Prodelphinus euphrosine Gray 1846, Prodelphinus lateralis Peale 1848, Stenella aesthenops Cope 1865, Stenella asthenops Cope 1865, Stenella euphrosyne Gray 1846, Stenella styx Gray 1846, Tursio dorcides Gray 1866

Belongs to Stenella according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008

See also Ameghino 1889, Archer and Perrin 1999, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1846, Hassanin et al. 2012, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, Mead and Brownell 2005, Nilsson 1847, Oliver 1922, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scammon and Cope 1869, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1904 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxa: Delphinus attenuatus, Stenella attenuata, Stenella clymene, Stenella dubia, Stenella frontalis, Stenella longirostris, Stenella rayi

Type specimens:

  • Stenella coeruleoalba: Zoological Museum, Berlin, a skeleton. Its type locality is Rio de La Plata, which is in a Holocene fluvial horizon in Uruguay.
  • Clymene burmeisteri:
  • Clymenia euphrosynoides:
  • Clymenia novaezelandiae:
  • Delphinus amphitriteus:
  • Delphinus asthenops: ANSP 595, 596, a skull (2 skulls).
  • Delphinus crotaphiscus:
  • Delphinus euphrosyne:
  • Delphinus holbollii:
  • Delphinus lateralis:
  • Delphinus marginatus:
  • Delphinus mediterraneus:
  • Delphinus styx:
  • Delphinus tethyos:
  • Tursio dorcides:

Distribution: found only at Rio de La Plata

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