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Table 1 Records of Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata in the Indian Ocean coast of southern Africa

From: The first authenticated record of Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata Gray 1874) in Mozambique; has it been previously overlooked?

Date

Location

Type

Number

Reference

Specimen no

06.03.1957

Schoemakerskop, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Skull specimen

1

Ross 1984, Findlay et al. 1992

PEM 1514/09

16.05.1968

Richard’s Bay, South Africa

Stranding, specimen (rostrum mandible and teeth)

1

Bass 1969; Best 1970; Ross 1984; Leatherwood et al. 1991; Findlay et al. 1992; Jeyabaskaran et al. 2011

SAM 35601

16.08.1969

At sea off Port St Johns, 31°38′S, 30° 07′E, South Africa

At sea sighting

11

Best 1970; Ross 1984; Findlay et al. 1992; Leatherwood et al. 1991; Jeyabaskaran et al. 2011

 

09.04.1970

2 km east of Woody Cape, nr. Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Stranding, specimens

2

Ross 1984; Findlay et al. 1992

PEM 1515/41 & 1515/42