UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings 1998-1999

Study Extent

Sampling

Method steps

1. NA

1. Cetorhinus maximus
   common name: basking shark rank: species
2. Tursiops truncatus
   common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
3. Delphinus delphis
   common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
4. Ziphius cavirostris
   common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
5. Balaenoptera physalus
   common name: Fin Whale rank: species
6. Sphyrnidae
   common name: bonnethead sharks rank: family
7. Megaptera novaeangliae
   common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
8. Dermochelys coriacea
   common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
9. Dermochelys coriacea
   common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
10. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
11. Manta birostris
    common name: Atlantic manta rank: species
12. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
13. Mola mola
    common name: ocean sunfish rank: species
14. Rhinopteridae
    common name: cow-nose rays rank: family
15. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
16. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
17. Stenella frontalis
    common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
18. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
19. Hyperoodontidae
    rank: family
20. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
21. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
22. Globicephala
    common name: pilot whales rank: genus
23. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
24. Cheloniidae
    common name: Sea Turtles rank: family
25. Elasmobranchii
    common name: cartilaginous fishes rank: subclass
26. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus