Stenella: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Stenella
Striped Dolphin
Scientific classification
: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Delphinidae Genus: Stenella
Species
Stenella attenuata Stenella frontalis Stenella longirostris Stenella clymene Stenella coeruleoalba

Stenella is a genus in the dolphin family. Currently five species are recognised in this genus

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, S. attenuata

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, S. frontalis

Spinner Dolphin, S. longirostris

Clymene Dolphin, S. clymene

Striped Dolphin, S. coeruleoalba

The common name for species in this species is the Spotted Dolphins or the Bridled Dolphins. They are found in temperate and tropical seas all around the world. Individuals of several species begin their lives spotless and become steadily more covered in darker spots as they get older.

The species name comes from the Greek stenos meaning narrow. It was coined by John Gray in 1866. He intended it as a subgenus of Steno. Modern taxonomists recognise two genera.