Spinner dolphin

Spinner dolphin
	A spinner dolphin in the Red Sea
	Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Delphinidae
Genus:	Stenella
Species:	S. longirostris
Binomial name
	Stenella longirostris; (Gray, 1828)
Subspecies
	S. l. orientalis; S. l. centroamericana; S. l. longirostris; S. l. roseiventris;
	Spinner Dolphin range
Synonyms
	Delphinus longirostris Gray, 1828 ; Delphinus microps Gray, 1846 ; Delphinus roseiventris Wagner, 1846 ; Delphinus alope Gray, 1850 ; Clymene alope Gray, 1866 ; Clymene microps Gray. 1866 ; Steno roseiventris Gray, 1866 ; Delphinus alope Gray, 1866 ; Delphinus stenorhynchus Gray, 1866 ; Clymenia alope Gray, 1868 ; Clymenia microps Gray, 1868 ; Clymenia stenorhynchus Gray, 1868 ; Prodelphinus longirostris Trouessart, 1904 ;

The spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which it rotates around its longitudinal axis as it leaps through the air. It is a member of the family Delphinidae of toothed whales.