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). Pygmy killer whales are assumed to be part of the cetacean fauna of the tropical western North Atlantic. The paucity of sightings is probably due to a naturally low number of groups compared t...
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.228.8722 http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/tm/tm194/pdfs/55.pdf |
Summary: | The pygmy killer whale is distributed worldwide in tropical to sub-tropical waters (Jefferson et al. 1994). Pygmy killer whales are assumed to be part of the cetacean fauna of the tropical western North Atlantic. The paucity of sightings is probably due to a naturally low number of groups compared to other cetacean species. Sightings in the more extensively surveyed northern Gulf of Mexico occur in oceanic waters (Mullin et al. 1994; Mullin and Fulling, 2004). Sightings of pygmy killer whales were documented in all seasons during aerial surveys of the northern Gulf of Mexico |
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