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During the month of July was encountered 11 different cetacean species (listed below ordered by those most encountered to those least encountered). In the above graph you will see the sighting frequency (number of days sighted of all the days we went to sea) for each of the species.
- Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
- Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
- Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus)
- Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus)
- Pilot whale (Globicephalus macrorhynchus)
- Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
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Futurismo Biologists Team
Sandrina Rodrigues
