Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828) . Hist. Nat. Gen. Part. Mamm. Oiseaux, 1:206.
TYPE LOCALITY: Coast of France .
DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: warm-temperate to tropical waters.
STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.
SYNONYMS: compressus, frontatus, perspicillatus, rostratus .
COMMENTS: Stenopontistes zambezicus is not a synonym, see comment under Sousa chinensis . See Schevill (1987a) for further taxonomic notes.