Spinner Dolphin
Relatives in same Genus
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (S. attenuata)
Clymene Dolphin (S. clymene)
Striped Dolphin (S. coeruleoalba)
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (S. frontalis) ...
Spinner dolphins, Stenella longirostris, particularly whitebelly and eastern spinner dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific, ...
SPINNER DOLPHIN
Stenella Longirostris
DESCRIPTION:
Slender, with a long, thin beak, the Spinner Dolphin has a distinct stripe connecting the long, pointed flippers to the eyes.
Spinner dolphins have mass stranded twice in the Gulf of Mexico. One stranding of 36 animals occurred on Dog Island, Florida, in 1961, and the other was near Sarasota, Florida, in 1976.
Spinner dolphin, long-snouted dolphin
Stenella longirostris
Spinner dolphins are renowned for their fantastic acrobatic displays.
Subspecies
Possibly five or more, including a dwarf variety in Gulf of Thailand.
Spinner dolphins are sociable, swimming in groups that range in size from less than 50 to several thousand and often traveling with other species.
Spinner dolphins may occur in schools with as many as 1,000 individuals, but it is common to have 200 or fewer to a school. They are very social with each other and with other species of ocean dwellers.
Schools of spinner dolphins leap out of the water, twirl, and reenter with a large, noisy splashes that can be heard for long distances underwater. Usually they make several such spinning leaps in a row. The reason is a mystery.
A study of spinner dolphins (Stenella sp.) demonstrated that just before a rest period, the dolphins swim inshore from deep water feeding grounds.
There are 33 species of ocean dolphins, including the bottle-nosed dolphin, the spinner dolphin, the killer whale, the pilot whale and the common dolphin.
the Spinner dolphin). Scientists are not quite certain about the purpose of this behavior, but it may be to locate schools of fish by looking at above water signs, like feeding birds.
Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
Southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii)
Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)
Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)
Grass (Sporobolus caespitosus)
Dwarf jellico (Sium burchellii) ...
Come see the Goony Birds (Albatross), Red-tailed Tropicbird, Great Frigatebird, White Terns, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Pacific Golden Plover, endangered Monk Seals, Spinner Dolphins, and Green Sea Turtles.
Delphinidae: spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata, spinner dolphin, S. longirostris, common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, or, less frequently, striped dolphin, S. coeruleoalba), ...
- The three best-known dolphins"white-sided dolphins Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, bottlenose dolphins, and spinner dolphins Stenella sp."can be seen in marine mammal demonstrations, on television shows, and in movies.
The Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin can have as many as 252 teeth in its long thin jaws. These teeth are more like reptile teeth in that they are all the same basic shape, thin sharp little spears.
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (S. attenuata) Â- Clymene Dolphin (S. clymene) Â- Striped Dolphin (S. coeruleoalba) Â- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (S. frontalis) Â- Spinner Dolphin (S. longirostris)
Steno
Rough-toothed Dolphin (S. bredanensis) ...
Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii)
Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) ...
 See also: Dolphin, Whale, Squid, Sea Lion, Lion
  
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