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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pantropical Spotted Dolphin being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lagenodelphis hosei
- Stenella frontalis
- Steno bredanensis
- Stenella longirostris
- Stenella coeruleoalba
- Peponocephala electra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Stenella
- Species
- Stenella attenuata
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