Red Sea Cetacean Review - Sightings ...

• Main Authors: Costa, Marina, Di Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: OBIS-SEAMAP 2021
• Subjects: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel; Observation; Occurrence; Pacific; Indian; Rudolph; Humpback Whale; Killer Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Orca; Orcinus orca; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/753pd4; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/0e448783-fb63-4086-b02f-9d1ff4938999

Original provider: Tethys Research Institute Dataset credits: Marina Costa, Amina Cesario, Maddalena Fumagalli & Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute Chris Smeenk Eritrea Project - Yohannes Mebrahtu IMMRAC Peter Rudolph Red Sea Dolphin Project - HEPCA Abstract: Based on a review of the literature, complemented by original observations at sea made by the authors during the past 34 years, the cetacean fauna in the Red Sea appears to be composed by a total of 16 species: three Mysticetes (Bryde’s whale, Balaenoptera edeni; Omura’s whale, B. omurai; and humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae) and 13 Odontocetes (dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima; killer whale, Orcinus orca; false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens; short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus; Risso’s dolphin, Grampus griseus; Indian Ocean humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea; rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis; Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus; common bottlenose dolphin, T. truncatus; pantropical ...