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First sightings of the pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata, for the Brazilian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Marcos Rossi-Santos ,
Clarêncio Baracho ,
Elitieri Santos Neto  and
Enrico Marcovaldi
Marcos Rossi-Santos*
Affiliation:
Humpback Whale Institute, Brazil/Instituto Baleia Jubarte, Caixa Postal 92, Praia do Forte, Mata de São João, Bahia, 48280-000Brazil
Clarêncio Baracho
Affiliation:
Humpback Whale Institute, Brazil/Instituto Baleia Jubarte, Caixa Postal 92, Praia do Forte, Mata de São João, Bahia, 48280-000Brazil
Elitieri Santos Neto
Affiliation:
Humpback Whale Institute, Brazil/Instituto Baleia Jubarte, Caixa Postal 92, Praia do Forte, Mata de São João, Bahia, 48280-000Brazil
Enrico Marcovaldi
Affiliation:
Humpback Whale Institute, Brazil/Instituto Baleia Jubarte, Caixa Postal 92, Praia do Forte, Mata de São João, Bahia, 48280-000Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Marcos Rossi-Santos, Humpback Whale Institute, Brazil/Instituto Baleia Jubarte, Caixa Postal 92, Praia do Forte, Mata de São João, Bahia, 48280-000, Brazil email: marcos.rossi@baleiajubarte.com.br
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Abstract

Pygmy killer whales, Feresa attenuata were sighted for the first time off the Brazilian coast, SW Atlantic Ocean.

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Feresa attenuataBrazilpygmy killer whalesightings
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e54
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2006

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