Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) . Zool. Voy. H.M.S. "Erebus" and "Terror", 1:44.

TYPE LOCALITY: None given, unknown (possibly India, see Gray, 1843) .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: albirostratus, brevimanus, capensis, consimilis, graffmani, malayanus, pseudodelphis, punctata, velox .

COMMENTS: Perrin et al. (1987) revised this species. D. dubius is a nomen nudum (sic dubium] (Perrin et al., 1987). Opinion 1660 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1991) conserved attenuata Gray, 1846 and suppressed velox Cuvier, 1839, pseudodelphis Schlegel, 1841, and brevimanus Wagner, 1846 .