https://doi.org/10.82144/d3d64634 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d48234f0-5b23-4718-a462-f22a81f40b7c https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/713 https://obis.org/dataset/88cd0153-6700-46e1-9f38-0c725c76c461 Marijke de Boer Wageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen Primary contact marijkedeboer@hotmail.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Marijke de Boer Wageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen Primary contact marijkedeboer@hotmail.com owner 2025-09-11 eng Original provider: Marijke de Boer Dataset credits: Marijke de Boer Abstract: Information on cetaceans in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary and the South China Sea is summarized from a cruise carried out from 29 March to 17 April 1999. Ten species were positively identified: finless porpoise, pantropical spotted dolphin, spinner dolphin, sperm whale, melon-headed whale, pygmy killer whale, false killer whale, Cuvier’s beaked whale, Bryde’s whale and fin whale. Spotted dolphins, melon-headed and pygmy killer whales were sighted around the Island of Borneo and sightings of fin whales and a sperm whale west of the Balabac Strait suggest a possible migration route of these species between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. This is the first record of fin whales in the South China Sea. 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 Vessels Sightings N/A Time was not provided, so it was filled with "00:00:00." This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/713 Oceans,Indian Ocean,Asia 60.52 119.5 13.44 -19.05 1999-03-30 1999-04-16 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genus Balaenoptera Baleen whales species Balaenoptera brydei Bryde's whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale family Delphinidae Dolphins species Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale species Neophocaena phocaenoides Finless porpoise species Peponocephala electra Melon-headed whale species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale species Stenella attenuata Pantropical spotted dolphin species Stenella longirostris Spinner dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale This note details cetacean observations made during a cruise from Mauritius to the Philippines in April (ca 4,520 nautical miles). notPlanned Marijke de Boer Wageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen Primary contact marijkedeboer@hotmail.com NA NA NA Marijke de Boer owner NA zd_713 2025-09-11T15:35:50-04:00 dataset de Boer, M. 2011. Cetacean observations in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary and the South China Sea, Mauritius to the Philippines, April 1999. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/d3d64634. de Boer, M.N. 2000. A note on cetacean observations in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary and the South China Sea, Mauritius to the Philippines, April 1999. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management2(3):197-199. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/713 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/713/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/713/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_713 zd_713