Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Field guide
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Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Stenella attenuata

Overview

The Osa Peninsula, Corcovado, and Manuel Antonio are the three atlas places where the Pantropical Spotted Dolphin is recorded. Records concentrate most heavily in Guadeloupe, Taiwan, and the United States, followed by Martinique and Mexico. Across its range, the atlas holds 2,463 records of the species from 28 countries.

Recording patterns differ by region. Each place page in the atlas shows the particular months when the dolphin is recorded in that area.

Records
2,463
Countries
28
Atlas places
3
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Pantropical Spotted Dolphin as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Guadeloupe
    25 km zone · high confidence · 1244 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Taiwan
    25 km zone · high confidence · 390 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • United States
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 202 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Martinique
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 187 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Mexico
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 140 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Unnamed area
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 88 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Australia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 39 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Réunion
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 35 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Mayotte
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 37 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 28 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Pantropical Spotted Dolphin