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title: "Striped Dolphin"
description: "Stenella coeruleoalba — Mammals. The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is a dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/striped-dolphin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striped Dolphin

> Stenella coeruleoalba — Mammals. The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is a dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans.

- Scientific name: *Stenella coeruleoalba*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1575
- Wikidata: [Q215332](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215332)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41494](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41494)

## Names

- en: Striped Dolphin
- de: Blau-Weißer Delfin
- es: Delfín listado
- fr: Dauphin bleu-et-blanc
- nl: Gestreepte dolfijn
- pt: Golfinho-riscado
- pl: Delfinek pręgoboki

## Countries with the most observations

IT (65), PT (63), ES (49), FR (39), GR (14), CA (11), MX (10), AL (6), SV (6), CO (5), GI (4), CR (3)

## Summary

The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is a dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. It is a member of the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_dolphin

## Photo

![Striped Dolphin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striped-dolphin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8978301

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/striped-dolphin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).