Species Stenella attenuata (J.E. Gray, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Steno attenuatus Gray, J.E. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. pp. 13-53 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. 1 Mammalia, Birds 37 pls. London : E.W. Janson. [44].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 3476 skull, unknown locality.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp. [296]

 

Generic Combinations

• Stenella attenuata (J.E. Gray, 1846).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal, mainly in tropical waters; outer shelf and continental slope.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, oceanic, pelagic, piscivore, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet also includes 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

Dolar, M.L.L. 1999. Abundance, distribution and feeding ecology of small cetaceans in the Eastern Sulu Sea and Tanon Strait, Philippines. Ph.D thesis. San Diego : University of California.

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. & Hohn, A. 1989. Spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata. pp. 71–98 in Ridgway, S.H. & Harrison, R.J. (eds). Handbook of Marine Mammals. Volume 4. River dolphins and the larger toothed whales. London : Academic Press 442 pp.

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.

Ridgway, S.H. & Harrison, R.J. (eds) 1989. Handbook of Marine Mammals. Volume 4. River dolphins and the larger toothed whales. London : Academic Press 442 pp.

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. (Spotted Dolphin)

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [116] (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin)

 

History of changes

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
16-Dec-2010		16-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)