Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative spelling: Delphinus (Steno)
Synonyms: Glyphidelphis Gervais 1859, Stenopontistes Miranda-Ribeiro 1936
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53
Parent taxon: Delphinidae according to J. G. Mead and R. L. Brownell 2005
Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Australodelphis, Catodontina, Delphininae, Etruridelphis, Globicephalinae, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Leucopleurus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Orcaella, Orcaellinae, Orcina, Orcininae, Orcinus, Septidelphis, Stenonina, Stenoninae
Subtaxa: Steno bredanensis
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore