@article{,

title = {Morphology and distribution of the spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris, rough-toothed dolphin, Steno brednanensis and melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra, from waters off the Sultanate of Oman},

author = {Van Waerebeek,K.,Gallagher,M.,Baldwin,R.,Papastavrou,V.,Al-Lawati,S.M.},

year  = {1999},

date = {1999-01-01},

journal = {The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management},

volume = {1},

number = {491},

pages = {167-177},

abstract = {Two previously mis-identified specimens at the Oman Natural History Museum are re-identified as a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin.  Body lengths of adult male spinner dolphins were smaller than any known stock of spinner dolphins except the dwarf forms in Thailand and Australia and skulls were indistinguishable from those of the eastern spinner dolphins (S.l. orientalis).  Two colour morphs of spinner dolphins were observed.  The paper concludes that Oman spinner dolphins should be treated as a discrete population, morphologically distinct from all known spinner dolphin sub-species.},

keywords = {Distribution, Indian Ocean, length, melon-headed whale, morphometrics, Oman, rough-toothed dolphin, Spinner dolphin, Stock identity, taxonomy},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{,

title = {Cranial evidence of melon-headed whale and rough-toothed dolphin from Oman and the Arabian Sea },

author = {Van Waerebeek,K.,Gallagher M.,Papastavrou,V.,Al-Lawati,S.M.},

year  = {1998},

date = {1998-01-01},

journal = {Aquatic Mammals},

number = {492},

abstract = {Published information remains scant on small cetaceans from the Arabian Sea, here defined as the NW Indian Ocean north of 15 N, including the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf (for physical features and boundaries see Anonymous, 1967, 1980) but excluding the Gulf of Aden.  Cetacean stranding and by-catch records from the Sultanate of Oman have been gathered mostly over the past two decades (van Bree & Gallagher, 1978; Gallagher & van Bree, 1980; Gallagher, 1991; Leatherwood et al, 1991; Papastavrou & Salm, 1991; Salm, 1992; Baldwin & Salm, 1994).  The present note documents the first authenticated specimens of the melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) and rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828) from Oman and the Arabian Sea. },

keywords = {Arabian Sea, dolphin, melon-headed whale, Oman, rough-toothed dolphin, whale},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{,

title = {Cetacean observations from the Somali Democratic Republic, September 1985 through May 1987},

author = {Small,J.A..,Small,G.J.},

year  = {1991},

date = {1991-01-01},

journal = {CEtaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary: UNEP - Marine Mammal Technical Report No.3},

number = {476},

pages = {179-210},

abstract = {Two vessels operated along the Gulf of Aden and northern Indian Ocean coasts of Somalia from Aug. 1985 through May 1987.  Their fishing activities carried them on a routine basis from Djibouti to the Horn of Africa and, on many cruises, into the Indian Ocean as far south as 8øN.  The frequent and regular presence of these vessels afforded a unique opportunity for research since few previous surveys along the Somalian coast were transitory and/or of short duration.  There were 398 sightings of cetaceans representing at least 14 species: blue whale, Bryde's whale, sperm whale, melon-headed whale, false killer whale, killer whale, short-finned pilot whale, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, common dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, Risso's dolphin, spotted dolphin, striped dolphin and spinner dolphin (NO humpback whales!!).  Sightings locations and related environmental data are discussed. Some trends between years were seen in the occurrence and location of blue, killer and short-finned pilot whales.},

keywords = {Antarctic, Blue whale, bottlenose dolphin, Bryde's whale, cetacean, cetaceans, Common dolphin, dolphin, false killer whale, Gulf of Aden, Humpback Whale, humpback whales, Indian Ocean, killer whale, location, marine, megaptera novaeangliae, melon-headed whale, migration, occurrence, Oman, Pacific Ocean, Risso's dolphin, sanctuaries, Southern Hemisphere, sperm whale, Spinner dolphin, spotted dolphin, stocks, Striped dolphin, survey, trend, Upwelling, whale, whales, whaling},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}