Pantropical spotted dolphin

Pantropical spotted dolphin
	A pantropical spotted dolphin with markings visible through the water
	Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	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. attenuata
Binomial name
	Stenella attenuata; (Gray, 1846)
Subspecies
	S. a. attanuata; S. a. graffmani;
	Pantropical spotted dolphin range
Synonyms
	Delphinus velox Cuvier, 1829 ; Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann, 1840 ; Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846 ; Delphinus brevimanus Wagner, 1846 ; Delphinus albirostratus Peale, 1848 ; Delphinus microbrachium Gray, 1850 ; Lagenorhynchus pseudodelphis Gervais, 1855 ; Steno capensis Gray, 1866 ; Steno brevimanus Gray, 1866 ; Clymene punctata Gray, 1866 ; Steno consimilis Malm, 1871 ; Prodelphinus attenuatus Trouessart, 1904 ; Stenella pseudodelphis Oliver, 1922 ; Prodelphinus graffmani Lönnberg, 1934 ; Delphinus attenuata Hassanin et al, 2012 ;

The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans. The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna purse seines. In the 1980s, the rise of "dolphin-friendly" tuna capture methods saved millions of the species in the eastern Pacific Ocean and it is now one of the most abundant dolphin species in the world.