Observations on Distribution and Intraspecific Variation in Pigmentation Patterns of Odontocete Cetacea in the Western North Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Mercer, M. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1973
• Subjects: General Medicine; Greenland; Delphinapterus leucas; Monodon monoceros; Newfoundland; North Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f73-182; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f73-182

This paper comprises sight records for nine species and morphometries, color descriptions, and miscellaneous notes on the food and parasites of seven species of small odontocetes observed from West Greenland to Florida 1967–72. Of interest are the first western Atlantic extralimital record of Monodon monoceros, first Newfoundland records of Stenella coeruleoalba, and extralimital records of Delphinapterus leucas from Newfoundland. Intraspecific variability is described in the pigmentation patterns of Phocoena phocoena.