Clymene dolphin

Clymene dolphin
Clymene dolphins
Size compared to an average human
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Stenella
Species:
S. clymene
Binomial name
Stenella clymene
Gray, 1846
Clymene dolphin range
Synonyms
  • Clymene normalis Gray, 1866
  • Clymenia normalis Gray, 1868
  • Prodelphinus clymene Lütken, 1889

The Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene), in older texts known as the short-snouted spinner dolphin, is a dolphin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only confirmed case of hybrid speciation in marine mammals, descending from the spinner dolphin and the striped dolphin.