Order Cetacea Author James G. Mead Author Robert L. Brownell, Jr. text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 349 364 book chapter 193271 10.5281/zenodo.7352970 b3335890-cc2a-4092-9ace-81c1cd7b5cad 1-56098-217-9 7352970 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 .