https://doi.org/10.82144/b1633694 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/387 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/7a0c187e-cbf0-4d47-b409-fa4e1994b682 https://obis.org/dataset/16510183-66c1-4a7d-a152-cad8f1379a8b Ignacio García-Godos Instituto del Mar del Perú Primary contact agarcia@imarpe.gob.pe OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Ignacio García-Godos Instituto del Mar del Perú Primary contact agarcia@imarpe.gob.pe owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE) Dataset credits: Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE) Abstract: This dataset presents killer whale records off Peru taken during 23 pelagic surveys conducted by the Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE). Sightings data were collected during three kinds of surveys conducted by IMARPE between 1995 and 2003: 1) Pelagic surveys for evaluating the Peruvian anchovy (<i>Engraulis ringens</i>) population, and other pelagic resources, covering the entire Peruvian Sea, from the coastline to 200n.m. offshore; 2) Demersal surveys to evaluate the hake (<i>Merluccius gayi</i>) population off Northern Peru; and 3) oceanographic surveys to monitor ocean conditions covering the entire Peruvian sea out to 300 nm offshore. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting N/A This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/387 Oceans -83.01279 -70.945 -4.9833 -18.3225 1995-04-28 2003-02-28 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Orcinus orca Killer whale Records of the killer whale (<i>Orcinus orca</i>) in Peruvian waters are scarce and mostly anecdotal. Despite reports of many artisanal fishermen of occasional sightings of killer whales, these records have not been confirmed, resulting in a limited number of reliable reports of this species off Peru during the last century. To date, no records of strandings of killer whales are known for Peru. Due to the high concentration of its potential prey (cetaceans and pinnipeds) in the Peruvian waters this species would be expected to be more common than previously recorded. notPlanned Ignacio García-Godos Instituto del Mar del Perú Primary contact agarcia@imarpe.gob.pe NA NA NA Ignacio García-Godos owner NA zd_387 2025-07-31T14:14:02-04:00 dataset García-Godos, I. 2007. Killer whales off Peru during IMARPE surveys (1995-2003). Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/b1633694. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/387 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/387/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/387/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_387 zd_387 García-Godos, I. 2004. Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence off Peru, 1995 - 2003. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals: 3(2):177-180.