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title: "Pantropical Spotted Dolphin"
description: "Stenella attenuata — Mammiferi. The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/pantropical-spotted-dolphin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

> Stenella attenuata — Mammiferi. The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans.

- Scientific name: *Stenella attenuata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1851
- Wikidata: [Q764242](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764242)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41500](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41500)

## Names

- en: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
- de: Schlankdelfin
- es: Delfín moteado
- fr: Dauphin tacheté pantropical
- nl: Slanke dolfijn
- pt: Golfinho-pintado-pantropical
- pl: Delfin tropikalny

## Countries with the most observations

MX (415), CR (240), PA (58), TW (41), MQ (37), US (36), DM (16), GP (14), SH (12), CO (10), CV (10), ID (9)

## Summary

The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans. The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna purse seines. In the 1980s, the rise of "dolphin-friendly" tuna capture methods saved millions of the species in the eastern Pacific Ocean and it is now one of the most abundant dolphin species in the world.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Omar Haroon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81310322

## Machine access

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