Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata

Classification

Delphinidae [family]

Stenella [genus] (5)

Stenella [genus] (5)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Klein Curaçao

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Klein Curaçao

Distribution description	Its primary range includes the Caribbean Sea. Its secondary range includes Venezuela.

Notes on presence status	Sighted alive around Aruba and Bonaire. Found stranded or dead on Curaçao. Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

Debrot, A.O., Meyer, J.A. de, Dezentje, P.J.E. 1998. Additional records and a review of the Cetacean fauna of the Leeward Dutch Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 34: 204-210.
Debrot, A.O., Witte, R.H. & Scheidat, M. 2011. The marine mammals of the Dutch Caribbean: a comparison between EEZ sectors, contrasts and concerns. 8pp. IMARES, Den Helder.
Luksenburg, J.A. 2013. The Cetaceans of Aruba, southern Caribbean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94: 1161-1174.
MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.