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Stenella
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Stenella is a genus of marine mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassMammalia
  3. OrderCetartiodactyla
  4. FamilyDelphinidae
Habitatmarine

Stenella is a genus of anamorphic fungi in the family Mycosphaerellaceae. The widespread genus contained about 155 species in 2008.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
247
With media
37
Family
Delphinidae
Collections
USNM, ECOSUR
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

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Stenella is a genus of marine mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins.

==Species== Currently, five species are recognised in this genus: {| class="wikitable " |- ! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Pantropical spotted dolphin|| S. attenuata||Tropical oceans worldwide |- |120px ||Atlantic spotted dolphin|| S. frontalis||Tropical and warm temperate Atlantic Ocean |- |120px ||Spinner dolphin|| S. longirostris||Tropical oceans worldwide |- |120px ||Clymene dolphin|| S. clymene||Tropical and warm temperate North Atlantic Ocean |- |120px ||Striped dolphin|| S. coeruleoalba||Tropical and temperate oceans worldwide, including the Mediterranean |- |}

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stenella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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