Stenella frontalis (G. Cuvier, 1829) . Règne Anim., Nouv. ed., 1:288.

TYPE LOCALITY: "découvert un aux îles du Cap-Vert ". (= off Cape Verde Islands, West Africa) .

DISTRIBUTION: Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico: warm-temperate to tropical waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: doris, froenatus, plagiodon .

COMMENTS: Perrin et al. (1987) revised this species. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1977a) suppressed D. pernettensis de Blainville, 1817 and D. pernettyi Desmarest, 1820, which Hershkovitz (1966a) used as a senior synonym for S. plagiodon .