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Spinner dolphin[1]
A spinner dolphin in the Red Sea
Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
Spinner dolphin
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Stenella
Species:
S. longirostris
Binomial name
Stenella longirostris
(Gray, 1828)
Subspecies
  • S. l. orientalis
  • S. l. centroamericana
  • S. l. longirostris
  • S. l. roseiventris
Spinner Dolphin range
Synonyms
  • Delphinus longirostris Gray, 1828
  • Delphinus microps Gray, 1846
  • Delphinus roseiventris Wagner, 1846
  • Delphinus alope Gray, 1850
  • Clymene alope Gray, 1866
  • Clymene microps Gray. 1866
  • Steno roseiventris Gray, 1866
  • Delphinus alope Gray, 1866
  • Delphinus stenorhynchus Gray, 1866
  • Clymenia alope Gray, 1868
  • Clymenia microps Gray, 1868
  • Clymenia stenorhynchus Gray, 1868
  • Prodelphinus longirostris Trouessart, 1904

The spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which it rotates around its longitudinal axis as it leaps through the air. It is a member of the family Delphinidae of toothed whales.

  1. ^ Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Braulik, G.; Reeves, R. (2018). "Stenella longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T20733A50375784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T20733A50375784.en. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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