PYGMY KILLER WHALE (Feresa attenutta): Western North Atlantic Stock

The pygmy killer whale is distributed worldwide in tropical to sub-tropical waters (Jefferson et al. 1994). A group of six pygmy killer whales was sighted during a 1992 vessel survey of the western North Atlantic off of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in waters>1500 m deep (Hansen et al. 1994), bu...

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Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.228.4542
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/tm/tm182/pdfs/46.pdf
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Summary:The pygmy killer whale is distributed worldwide in tropical to sub-tropical waters (Jefferson et al. 1994). A group of six pygmy killer whales was sighted during a 1992 vessel survey of the western North Atlantic off of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in waters>1500 m deep (Hansen et al. 1994), but this species was not sighted during