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of the cetaceans referenced in the azorean waters.
During thousands of hours passed at sea, Espaço Talassa has proved the presence of 3 new species in the Azores, which do not count on the official list. They are the Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni, the Long finned pilot whale Globicephala melaena and the Blainville’s beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris.
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(G: Grounded, C: Captured, S: seen, )
 Cetaceans observed by the Espaço Talassa's team since 1989
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| Sub-order Odontoceti (Flower, 1867) |
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| Fam. Delphinidae |
(Gray, 1821) |
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| Steno bredanensis |
(Lesson, 1828) |
Rough toothed dolphin |
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| Delphinus delphis |
(linnaeus, 1758) |
Common dolphin |
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| Tursiops truncatus |
(Montagu, 1821) |
Bottlenose dolphin |
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| Stenella Frontalis |
(Cuvier, 1829) |
Atlantic spotted dolphin |
GSC |
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| Stenella coeruleoalba |
(Meyen, 1833) |
Stripped dolphin |
GSC |
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| Pseudorca crassidens |
(Owens, 1846) |
False killer whale |
GSC |
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| Orcinus orca |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
Killerwhale |
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| Grampus griseus |
(Cuvier, 1812) |
Risso's dolphin |
GSC |
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| Globicephala macrorhynchus |
(Gray, 1846) |
Short finned pilot whale |
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| Globicephala melas |
(Traill, 1809) |
Long-finned pilot whale |
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| Fam. Ziphiidae |
(Gray, 1865) |
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| Hyperoodon ampullatus |
(Forster, 1770) |
Northern bottlenose whale |
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| Zyphius cavirostris |
(Cuvier, 1823) |
Cuvier's beaked whale |
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| Mesoplodon bidens |
(Sowerby, 1804) |
Sowerby's beaked whale |
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| Mesoplodon densirostris |
(Blainville, 1817) |
Blainville's beaked whale |
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| Mesoplodon europaeus |
(Gervais, 1855) |
Gervais' beaked whale |
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| Mesoplodon mirus |
(True, 1993) |
Mesoplodon de True |
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| Fam. Kogiidae |
(Gill, 1871) |
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| Kogia breviceps |
(De Blainville, 1838) |
Pygmy sperm whale |
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| Kogia simus |
(Owen, 1866) |
Draft sperm whale |
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| Fam. Physeteridae |
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| Physeter macrocephalus |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
Sperm whale |
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| Sub-order Mysticeti (Flower, 1864) |
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| Fam.Balaenidae |
(Gray, 1825) |
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| Eubalaena glacialis |
(Muller, 1776) |
Northern right whale |
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| Fam. Balaenopteridae |
(Gray, 1864) |
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| Megaptera novaeangliae |
(Borowski, 1781) |
Humpack |
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| Balaenoptera musculus |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
Blue whale |
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| Balaenoptera physalus |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
Fin whale |
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| Balaenoptera borealis |
(Lesson, 1828) |
Sei whale |
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| Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
(Lacépède, 1804) |
Minke whale |
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| Balaenoptera edeni |
(Anderson 1879) |
Bryde's whale |
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