Clymene dolphin,short-snouted spinner dolphin (Stenella clymene)

Query: cetacea

Result: 41^st of 178

Subject:	Clymene dolphin,short-snouted spinner dolphin (Stenella clymene)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Description Clymene dolphins
Source http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education/southeast/
Author Keith Mullin (NOAA)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clymenes.jpg

The Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene), in older texts known as the short-snouted spinner dolphin, is a dolphin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only confirmed case of hybrid speciation in marine mammals, descending from the spinner dolphin and the striped dolphin. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Delphinidae, Genus: Stenella, Species: Stenella clymene Gray, 1846.

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