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Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Delphinidae marine or true dolphins

Genus: Stenella

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Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa

Stenella attenuata
[Pantropical spotted dolphin]

Photo by FAO

Stenella clymene
[Clymene dolphin]

Photo by Yzoard, Chloé

Stenella coeruleoalba
[Striped dolphin]

Photo by Ryan, Paddy

Stenella frontalis
[Atlantic spotted dolphin]

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa

Stenella longirostris
[Spinner dolphin]

Scientific Name Stenella attenuata Stenella clymene Stenella coeruleoalba Stenella frontalis Stenella longirostris	English Name Atlantic spotted dolphin Clymene dolphin Pantropical spotted dolphin Spinner dolphin Striped dolphin	Distribution Atlantic Ocean. Tropical Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P Circumglobal. Tropical a	Max. Length 200 TL 230 TL 240 TL 260 TL	Year 1828 1829 1833 1846 1850

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