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Species Stenella longirostris (J.E. Gray, 1828)

Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin, Spinner Dolphin

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259 [37] (see for extralimital synonyms)

Generic Combinations

Stenella longirostris (J.E. Gray, 1828).

Introduction

According to Jackson & Grove (2015), the subspecies are in need of revision.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal in tropical waters.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, oceanic, pelagic, piscivore, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet mainly small fish and squid.

General References

Bannister, J.L., Kemper, C.M. & Warneke, R.M. 1996. The Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 242 pp.

Bryden, M.M. 1978. Whales and whaling in Queensland waters. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 89: v-xviii

Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [373]

Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R.R. 1983. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books xviii 302 pp.

Paterson, R.A. 1994. An annotated list of recent additions to the cetacean collection in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35: 217-223

Perrin, W. 2003. Marine Mammal Encyclopaedia. San Diego : Academic Press.

Perrin, W.F., Aquino, T.M., Louella, M., Dolar, L. & Moonyeen, N.R. 2007. External appearance of the Dwarf Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris roseiventris. Marine Mammal Science 23(2): 464-467

Perrin, W.F., Dolar, M.L.L. & Robineau, D. 1999. Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) of the western Pacific and Southeast Asia: pelagic and shallow-water forms. Marine Mammal Science 15: 1029–1053

Porter, L. & Chilvers, B.L. 2004. Small Cetacean Surveys of the Timor Sea. Final Report to the Department of the Environment and Heritage. Canberra : Australian Commonwealth Government.

Watson, L. 1981. Sea Guide to Whales of the World. London : Hutchinson 302 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin, Spinner Dolphin)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Jun-2024		11-Jun-2024	MOVED
11-Jun-2024		11-Jun-2024	MOVED
11-Jun-2024	DELPHINIDAE	21-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
16-Dec-2010		16-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)