First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela

On February 04th, 2009, we recorded a male humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Gulf of Venezuela. This animal was found stranded alive by a few neighboring fishermen and died minutes later in Kazuzain village (11°36'08.5” N - 71°55'42.7” W), located in Venezuelan portion of th...

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Main Authors: Espinoza-rodriguez, Ninive, Barrios-Garrido, Hector
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Published: Universidad de los Andes 2021
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Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Online Access:https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/78825/7/78825.pdf
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spelling ftjamescook:oai:researchonline.jcu.edu.au:78825 2023-11-12T04:18:18+01:00 First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela Espinoza-rodriguez, Ninive Barrios-Garrido, Hector 2021 application/pdf https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/78825/7/78825.pdf unknown Universidad de los Andes https://doi.org/10.53157/ecotropicos.33E0018 https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/78825/ https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/78825/7/78825.pdf Espinoza-rodriguez, Ninive, and Barrios-Garrido, Hector (2021) First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela. Ecotropicos, 33. pp. 1-7. open Article PeerReviewed 2021 ftjamescook https://doi.org/10.53157/ecotropicos.33E0018 2023-10-30T23:59:40Z On February 04th, 2009, we recorded a male humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Gulf of Venezuela. This animal was found stranded alive by a few neighboring fishermen and died minutes later in Kazuzain village (11°36'08.5” N - 71°55'42.7” W), located in Venezuelan portion of the Güajira Peninsula at Zulia state. The specimen was a sub-adult male, with total length of 10.5 m and width of 3.04 ± 0.27 m. This is the first record of this species in the Gulf of Venezuela. This study allows us contributing to insight of biology and ecology to marine mammals across Gulf of Venezuela, where details of large cetaceans remain somewhat opaque. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae James Cook University, Australia: ResearchOnline@JCU
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description On February 04th, 2009, we recorded a male humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Gulf of Venezuela. This animal was found stranded alive by a few neighboring fishermen and died minutes later in Kazuzain village (11°36'08.5” N - 71°55'42.7” W), located in Venezuelan portion of the Güajira Peninsula at Zulia state. The specimen was a sub-adult male, with total length of 10.5 m and width of 3.04 ± 0.27 m. This is the first record of this species in the Gulf of Venezuela. This study allows us contributing to insight of biology and ecology to marine mammals across Gulf of Venezuela, where details of large cetaceans remain somewhat opaque.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Espinoza-rodriguez, Ninive
Barrios-Garrido, Hector
spellingShingle Espinoza-rodriguez, Ninive
Barrios-Garrido, Hector
First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela
author_facet Espinoza-rodriguez, Ninive
Barrios-Garrido, Hector
author_sort Espinoza-rodriguez, Ninive
title First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela
title_short First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela
title_full First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela
title_fullStr First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela
title_full_unstemmed First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela
title_sort first report of a humpback whale megaptera novaeangliae (borowski, 1781) (cetartiodactyla: balaenopteridae) stranding in the gulf of venezuela
publisher Universidad de los Andes
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Megaptera novaeangliae
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Megaptera novaeangliae
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Espinoza-rodriguez, Ninive, and Barrios-Garrido, Hector (2021) First report of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) stranding in the Gulf of Venezuela. Ecotropicos, 33. pp. 1-7.
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