rough-toothed dolphin
Steno bredanensis
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
- Steno
Where to Find
Found in 25 diving areas across 21 countries and 8 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 6 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 9 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 1 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 10 records
- Sal, Cape Verde - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 3 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 28 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 17 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records