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whale

see CETACEAN.
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Approximately 4% of the estimated delphinid abundance represents unknown species, but more than 30% of the rorqual abundance and 40% of the beaked whale abundance could not be identified to species.
Sightings were clearly dominated by South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) (75.4%), followed by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) (8.2%), with small number of rorquals and dolphins recorded.
Les rorquals communs sont relativement abondants dans le Pacifique Nord et en particulier dans le golfe d'Alaska et la mer de Bering, bien qu'ils y aient ete decimes par plusieurs decennies de campagnes baleinieres.
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'This is the only known predictable aggregation of these whales in the world and they provide a remarkable opportunity to study oceanic rorqual whales.
The smallest of the rorqual family minkes are the only whales still openly commercially hunted.
We observed a total of 12 dolphin species, three rorqual species, two ziphiid species, and one Kogia species.
Mesopelagic fish basically eat zooplankton and in turn form the main food of many larger species, such as tuna, mackerel, squid, pinnipeds, and cetaceans, especially some rorqual whales and many dolphins.
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