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title: "Atlantic Spotted Dolphin"
description: "Stenella frontalis — Mammiferi. The Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) is a dolphin found in warm temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/atlantic-spotted-dolphin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

> Stenella frontalis — Mammiferi. The Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) is a dolphin found in warm temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Stenella frontalis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2248
- Wikidata: [Q247990](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q247990)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41503](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41503)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
- de: Zügeldelfin
- es: Delfín moteado del Atlántico
- fr: Dauphin tacheté de l'Atlantique
- nl: Atlantische vlekdolfijn
- pt: Golfinho-pintado-do-atlântico
- pl: Delfinek plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

PT (521), ES (97), BR (24), BS (13), VE (6), TC (5), CO (4), CV (3)

## Summary

The Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) is a dolphin found in warm temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Older members of the species have a very distinctive spotted coloration all over their bodies.

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

## Photo

![Atlantic Spotted Dolphin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-spotted-dolphin/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208255697

## Machine access

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