Atlantic spotted dolphin
Stenella frontalis
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Stenella
Where to Find
Found in 27 diving areas across 18 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 51 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 107 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 5 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 7 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 4 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 5 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 7 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 7 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 1 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 10 records
- Azores, Portugal - 7034 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 128 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 23 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 40 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 53 records