Pitman,R.L.,Palacios,D.M.,Brennan,P.I.R.,Brennan,P.J.,Balcomb,K.C.,Miyashita,T.
Sightings and possible identity of a bottlenose whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific: Indopacetus pacificus? Journal Article
In: Marine Mammal Science, vol. 15, no. 192, pp. 531-549, 1999.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Arabian Sea, beaked whale, Mesoplodon, Pacific Ocean, whale
@article{,
title = {Sightings and possible identity of a bottlenose whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific: Indopacetus pacificus?},
author = {Pitman,R.L.,Palacios,D.M.,Brennan,P.I.R.,Brennan,P.J.,Balcomb,K.C.,Miyashita,T.},
year = {1999},
date = {1999-01-01},
journal = {Marine Mammal Science},
volume = {15},
number = {192},
pages = {531-549},
abstract = {It has been known for more than 30 yr that a large, unidentified species of beaked whale inhabits the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. M”rzer Bruyns (1971) reported the first sightings, from the Arabian Sea, which he tentatively identified as Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus (Moore, 1968) (= Mesoplodon pacificus Longman 1926). He also stated, without elaboration, that a group of "unidentified bottlenose whales" photographed in the central Pacific in1966 were "almost certainly" I.pacificus. (Photographs of these later appeared in Leatherwood et al. 1988:92-93; see also below). These identifications have never been verified, however, because I.pacificus was, and is, known only from skeletal material; nothing is known of its external features.},
keywords = {Arabian Sea, beaked whale, Mesoplodon, Pacific Ocean, whale},
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It has been known for more than 30 yr that a large, unidentified species of beaked whale inhabits the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. M”rzer Bruyns (1971) reported the first sightings, from the Arabian Sea, which he tentatively identified as Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus (Moore, 1968) (= Mesoplodon pacificus Longman 1926). He also stated, without elaboration, that a group of "unidentified bottlenose whales" photographed in the central Pacific in1966 were "almost certainly" I.pacificus. (Photographs of these later appeared in Leatherwood et al. 1988:92-93; see also below). These identifications have never been verified, however, because I.pacificus was, and is, known only from skeletal material; nothing is known of its external features.