STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

The false killer whale is distributed worldwide throughout warm temperate and tropical oceans (Leatherwood and Reeves 1983). Sightings of this species in the northern Gulf of Mexico occur in oceanic waters (Fig. 1; Mullin and Fulling, in review). False killer whales were seen only in the spring and...

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Summary:The false killer whale is distributed worldwide throughout warm temperate and tropical oceans (Leatherwood and Reeves 1983). Sightings of this species in the northern Gulf of Mexico occur in oceanic waters (Fig. 1; Mullin and Fulling, in review). False killer whales were seen only in the spring and summer during GulfCet aerial surveys of the northern Gulf of