Melanistic southern right-whale dolphins (Lissodelphis peronii) off Kaikoura, New Zealand, with records of other anomalously all-black cetaceans

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 833-836

  Visser, Ingrid N ^a   Fertl, Dagmar ^b   Pusser, L Todd ^c  

^a Orca Research Trust   (New Zealand)

^b Geo Marine Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous pigmentation; Cetacean; Lissodelphis peronii; Melanism; Melanistic; New Zealand; Southern right whale dolphin

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; MELANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAIKOURA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; LISSODELPHIS; LISSODELPHIS PERONII;

EID: 13444274597     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2004.9517282     Document Type: Article

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