Spotted dolphin refers to either one of two closely related dolphin species, being:
- Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
- pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
While the pantropical spotted dolphin can be found around the world's oceans where a tropical or subtropical climate exists, the Atlantic spotted dolphin can only be found in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Extant Cetacea species
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- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Eutheria
- Superorder Laurasiatheria
- (unranked) Cetartiodactyla
- (unranked) Whippomorpha
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Suborder Mysticeti
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| Balaenidae |
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Balaena
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- Bowhead whale (B. mysticetus)
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Eubalaena
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- Southern right whale (E. australis)
- North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis)
- North Pacific right whale (E. japonica)
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Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera
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- Common minke whale (B. acutorostrata)
- Antarctic minke whale (B. bonaerensis)
- Sei whale (B. borealis)
- Bryde's whale (B. brydei)
- Pygmy Bryde's whale (B. edeni)
- Blue whale (B. musculus)
- Omura's whale (B. omurai)
- Fin whale (B. physalus)
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Megaptera
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- Humpback whale (M. novaeangliae)
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| Eschrichtiidae |
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| Neobalaenidae |
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Caperea
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- Pygmy right whale (C. marginata)
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Suborder Odontoceti (cont. below)
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Delphinidae
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Cephalorhynchus
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- Commerson's dolphin (C. commersonii)
- Chilean dolphin (C. eutropia)
- Haviside's dolphin (C. heavisidii)
- Hector's dolphin (C. hectori)
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Delphinus
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- Long-beaked common dolphin (D. capensis)
- Short-beaked common dolphin (D. delphis)
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Feresa
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- Pygmy killer whale (F. attenuata)
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Globicephala
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- Short-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus)
- Long-finned pilot whale (G. melas)
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Grampus
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- Risso's dolphin (G. griseus)
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Lagenodelphis
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- Fraser's dolphin (L. hosei)
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Lagenorhynchus
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- Atlantic white-sided dolphin (L. acutus)
- White-beaked dolphin (L. albirostris)
- Peale's dolphin (L. australis)
- Hourglass dolphin (L. cruciger)
- Pacific white-sided dolphin (L. obliquidens)
- Dusky dolphin (L. obscurus)
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Lissodelphis
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- Northern right whale dolphin (L. borealis)
- Southern right whale dolphin (L. peronii)
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Orcaella
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- Irrawaddy dolphin (O. brevirostris)
- Australian snubfin dolphin (O. heinsohni)
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Orcinus
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Peponocephala
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- Melon-headed whale (P. electra)
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Pseudorca
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- False killer whale (P. crassidens)
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Sotalia
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- Tucuxi (S. fluviatilis)
- Costero (S. guianensis)
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Sousa
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- Pacific humpback dolphin (S. chinensis)
- Indian humpback dolphin (S. plumbea)
- Atlantic humpback dolphin (S. teuszii)
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Stenella
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- Pantropical spotted dolphin (S. attenuata)
- Clymene dolphin (S. clymene)
- Striped dolphin (S. coeruleoalba)
- Atlantic spotted dolphin (S. frontalis)
- Spinner dolphin (S. longirostris)
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Steno
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- Rough-toothed dolphin (S. bredanensis)
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Tursiops
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- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (T. aduncus)
- Burrunan dolphin (T. australis)
- Common bottlenose dolphin (T. truncatus)
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Suborder Odontoceti (cont. above)
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| Monodontidae |
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Phocoenidae
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Neophocaena
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- Finless porpoise (N. phocaeniodes)
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Phocoena
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- Spectacled porpoise (P. dioptrica)
- Harbor porpoise (P. phocoena)
- Vaquita (P. sinus)
- Burmeister's porpoise (P. spinipinnis)
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Phocoenoides
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- Dall's porpoise (P. dalli)
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| Physeteridae |
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Physeter
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- Sperm whale (P. macrocephalus)
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| Kogiidae |
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Kogia
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- Pygmy sperm whale (K. breviceps)
- Dwarf sperm whale (K. simus)
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| Iniidae |
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Inia
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- Amazon river dolphin (I. geoffrensis)
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| Lipotidae |
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| Platanistidae |
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Platanista
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- Ganges and Indus River dolphin (P. gangetica)
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| Pontoporiidae |
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Pontoporia
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- La Plata dolphin (P. blainvillei)
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Ziphiidae
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Berardius
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- Arnoux's beaked whale (B. arnuxii)
- Baird's beaked whale (B. bairdii)
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Hyperoodon
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- Northern bottlenose whale (H. ampullatus)
- Southern bottlenose whale (H. planifrons)
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Indopacetus
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- Tropical bottlenose whale (I. pacificus)
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Mesoplodon
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- Sowerby's beaked whale (M. bidens)
- Andrews' beaked whale (M. bowdoini)
- Hubbs' beaked whale (M. carlhubbsi)
- Blainville's beaked whale (M. densirostris)
- Gervais' beaked whale (M. europaeus)
- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (M. ginkgodens)
- Gray's beaked whale (M. grayi)
- Hector's beaked whale (M. hectori)
- Strap-toothed whale (M. layardii)
- True's beaked whale (M. mirus)
- Perrin's beaked whale (M. perrini)
- Pygmy beaked whale (M. peruvianus)
- Stejneger's beaked whale (M. stejnegeri)
- Spade-toothed whale (M. traversii)
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Tasmacetus
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- Shepherd's beaked whale (T. sheperdi)
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Ziphius
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- Cuvier's beaked whale (Z. cavirostris)
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