First record of a vagrant Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii, at the southern African continental shelf

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-133

  de Bruyn, P J N ^a   Hofmeyr, G J G ^a   de Villiers, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cephalorhynchus commersonii; Distribution; South Africa; Vagrant

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOLPHIN; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS COMMERSONII;

EID: 33745459752     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[131:froavc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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