The Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the University of the Azores http://www.horta.uac.pt/ is located in Horta (Faial). This department conduct many different research projects and is also in charge of the POPA Programa para a Observaçao das Pescas dos Açores.http://www.horta.uac.pt/projectos/popa/index_PT.html
27 different species of cetaceans can be spotted in the Azores and there is a valuable information provided by Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the University of the Azores and other institutions.
Following are some links to valuable information and lists of cetaceans and also other species.
Biodiversity search engines:
Identification of cetaceans:
Book guide
| Guía desplegable - Cetáceos y Tortugas, Canarias, Açores, Madeira, Cabo Verde y Mediterráneo | |||
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| Editorial | Oceanográfica: Divulgación, Educación y Ciencia | ||
| Author | Oceanográfica | ||
| Language: | Spanish - English - Deutsch - Português | ||
| ISBN | 978-84-612-1072-9 | ||
| GC-334-2010 | |||
Whales, Dolphins and Seals
Editorial: A&C Black London
Hadoram Shirihai
English
ISBN 10 :0-7136-7037-1
Cetáceos referidos
para os Açores. Univesidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas/ Cetaceans of the Azores, University of Azores, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries http://www.horta.uac.pt/species/Cetacea/lista.htm
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Notas
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Sub-Ordem Odontoceti
(Flower, 1867)
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Fam. Phocoenidae (Gray,
1825) Bravard, 1885
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Boto*
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Harbour-porpoise* |
01 Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus,
1758)
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a; e
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1; 2; 6
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Fam. Delphinidae (Gray,
1821)
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| Common-dolphin |
02 Delphinus delphis Linnaeus,
1758
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1; 2; 5; 6; 15
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| Short-finned-pilot-whale |
03 Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray,
1846
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2; 5; 13; 14; 15
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| Long-finned-pilot-whale* |
04 Globicephala melas (=
melaena ) (Trail, 1809)
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a; d
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1
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| Risso's dolphin |
05 Grampus griseus (Cuvier,
1812)
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1; 2; 5; 6; 15
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| Killer-whale |
06 Orcinus orca (Linnaeus,
1758)
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1; 2; 5; 6; 15
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| False-killer-whale |
07 Pseudorca crassidens (Owens,
1846)
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2; 4; 5; 15
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| Striped-dolphin |
08 Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen,
1833)
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1; 5; 15
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| Spotted-dolphin |
09 Stenella frontalis (Cuvier,
1829)
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1; 2; 5; 15
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| Rough-toothed-dolphin* |
10 Steno bredanensis (Lesson,
1828)
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b
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7
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| Bottlenose-dolphin |
11 Tursiops truncatus (Montagu,
1821)
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1; 2; 6; 15
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Fam. Ziphiidae (Gray, 1865)
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| Northern-bottlenose-whale |
12 Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster,
1770)
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2; 11; 15
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| Sowerby's-beaked-whale |
13 Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby,
1804)
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e
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3; 5; 11
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| Gervais'-beaked-whale |
14 Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais,
1855
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e
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10
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True's-beaked-whale*
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15 Mesoplodon mirus True,
1913
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c; e
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16
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Baleia-de-bico de Blainville*
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Blainville's-beaked-whale* |
16 Mesoplodon densirostris (de
Blainville, 1817)
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c; e
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16
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| Cuvier's-beaked-whale |
17 Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier,
1823
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10; 11; 15
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Fam. Kogiidae (Gill, 1871)
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| Pigmy-sperm-whale* |
18 Kogia breviceps (de
Blainville, 1838)
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e
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1; 2; 5; 6; 12; 13
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| Dwarf-sperm-whale* |
19 Kogia simus Owen,
1866
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e
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14
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Fam. Physeteridae (Gray,
1821)
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| Sperm-whale |
20 Physeter macrocephalus (=
catodon ) Linnaeus, 1758
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1; 2; 5; 6; 15
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Sub-Ordem Mysticeti
(Flower, 1864)
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Fam. Balaenidae Gray, 1825
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| Northern-right-whale* |
21 Eubalaena glacialis (Muller,
1776)
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a
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1; 2; 6
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Fam. Balaenopteridae (Gray,
1864)
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| Minke-whale |
22 Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède,
1804
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1; 2; 5; 6; 15
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| Sei-whale |
23 Balaenoptera borealis Lesson,
1828
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8; 15
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| Blue-whale |
24 Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus,
1758)
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1; 6; 9; 15
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Baleia-de-Bryde*
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Bryde's-whale* |
25 Balaenoptera edeni Anderson,
1878
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b
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9; 15
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| Fin-whale |
26 Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus,
1758)
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1; 2; 15
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Humpback-whale
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27 Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski,
1781)
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1; 2; 6; 15
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