Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinus attenuata, Prodelphinus attenuatus, Steno attenuatus
Synonyms: Clymene punctata Gray 1866, Delphinus albirostratus Peale 1848, Delphinus brevimanus Wagner 1846, Delphinus microbrachium Gray 1850, Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann 1840, Delphinus velox Cuvier 1829, Lagenorhynchus pseudodelphis Wiegmann 1840, Prodelphinus graffmani Lonnberg 1934, Stenella pseudodelphis Wiegmann 1840, Steno brevimanus Wagner 1846, Steno capensis Gray 1866, Steno consimilis Malm 1871
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53
Belongs to Stenella according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Abel 1901, Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Dal Piaz 1901, Gervais 1855, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1846, Hassanin et al. 2012, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead and Brownell 2005, Nilsson 1847, Oliver 1922, Perrin 1975, Perrin 2001, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen et al. 2008 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: Delphinus attenuatus, Stenella clymene, Stenella coeruleoalba, Stenella dubia, Stenella frontalis, Stenella longirostris, Stenella rayi
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Chile (1), India (1), Mexico (2), Tanzania (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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