Sahri, Achmad, Hocdé, Régis, Nandika, Muhammad R., Fahmi, Fahmi, Tjarles, Lay, Alifatri, La O., Manuhutu, Jafry F., Taborat, Mathias, Bata, Ferdinand I.P., Kreb, Danielle, Mustika, Putu L.K., Mannocci, Laura, and UNSPECIFIED (2024) Updating the Cetacean Species List of Raja Ampat, Indonesia with Additional Sightings of the Rarely Documented Omura’s Whale (Balaenoptera omurai). Aquatic Mammals, 50 (3). pp. 171-178.

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Abstract

[Extract] For some morphologically similar species, it can be challenging to provide identification, particularly when they are observed in a fleeting encounter in the wild, and cetaceans are not an exception. Baleen whales exemplify this issue, as morphologically similar species can be easily confused (e.g., Omura’s whale [Balaenoptera omurai] and fin whale [Balaenoptera physalus]).

Omura’s whale is one of the least known cetacean species. It was relatively newly described as a distinct species (Wada et al., 2003; Sasaki et al., 2006) after previously being misclassified as a pygmy/dwarf form of Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) (Sasaki et al., 2006; Cerchio et al., 2015). Omura’s whale is distributed in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans, with most doc mented occurrences in the eastern Indo-Pacific Ocean (de Vos, 2017; Cerchio et al., 2019).

Item ID:	82722
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	0167-5427
Date Deposited:	22 Aug 2024 07:17
FoR Codes:	41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4102 Ecological applications > 410299 Ecological applications not elsewhere classified @ 50% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310305 Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) @ 50%
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