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Clymene dolphin
Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Delphinidae
Species : Stenella clymene
The Atlantic spinner dolphin, clymene dolphin, helmet dolphin is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the clymene dolphin
A young / baby of a clymene dolphin is called a 'calf or pup'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A clymene dolphin group is called a 'team, school, pod, herd, alliance (male) or party (female)'.Countries
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Togo, United States and Venezuela
Facts about the clymene dolphin
AKA: short-snouted spinner dolphin, helmet dolphin, Senegal dolphin Clymene dolphins are dark gray with light underside and a long band of medium gray from the beak to the fluke. (Full text)
Clymene Dolphins are harpooned at least occasionally by fishermen in the Lesser Antilles, and they are sometimes caught in fishing gear elsewhere. (Full text)
Description: The Clymene Dolphin is a slender creature, closely resembling the Hawaiian form of the Spinner Dolphin. (Full text)
The Clymene dolphin Stenella clymene is found in tropical and warm temperate waters of both the North and South Atlantic Oceans. (Full text)
The Influence of Man: Clymene Dolphins are harpooned around St Vincent, Lesser Antilles. (Full text)
Clymene Dolphin or Stenella clymene is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . (Full text)
Helmet Dolphin or Stenella clymene is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . (Full text)
Mead and Perrin {{ref_2}} went some way to redress this balance but the Clymene Dolphin is still one of the least understood of all cetaceans. (Full text)
Mead and Perrin [2] went some way to redress this balance but the Clymene Dolphin is still one of the least understood of all cetaceans. (Full text)
The Clymene Dolphin is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species] (Full text)
Clymene dolphins are known to reach at least 1. (Full text)
The Short-snouted Spinner dolphin (Stenella clymene) is also known as the Clymene dolphin, Helmet dolphin, and Senegal dolphin. (Full text)
Cetaceans and Man: Clymene Dolphins are harpooned around St Vincent, Lesser Antilles. (Full text)
Clymene Dolphins are harpooned around St Vincent, Lesser Antilles. (Full text)
SHORT-SNOUTED SPINNER DOLPHIN The Short-snouted Spinner dolphin (Stenella clymene) is also known as the Clymene dolphin, Helmet dolphin, and Senegal dolphin. (Full text)
Clymene dolphins are known to ride bow waves and "spin", however they are not as agile as Spinner dolphins except in the Gulf of Mexico where they have been observed displaying a similar agility as Spinner dolphins. (Full text)
World Range & HabitatThe Clymene dolphin, Stenella clymene, is found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean (eastern North America to West Africa), the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. (Full text)
The Clymene dolphin is not found outside of Atlantic waters, an unusual distribution for a tropically distributed cetacean. (Full text)
The Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) is the second endemic dolphin, however, the crew has not sighted this species yet. (Full text)