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Table E-15. <strong>Marine</strong> Mammals Common in the NMFS Southeast Region<br />

Common Name Scientific Name<br />

Phocids (true or earless seals)<br />

Federal<br />

Status<br />

under ESA<br />

Harbor seal Phoca vitulina * Occasional<br />

Mysticetes (baleen whales)<br />

Blue whale Balaenoptera<br />

musculus<br />

E-23<br />

Distribution<br />

E Population highest in<br />

spring/summer due to<br />

northward migration from<br />

subtropics<br />

Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni * Common<br />

Fin whale Balaenoptera<br />

E Year-round resident, visits<br />

physalus<br />

coastal waters in many areas<br />

Minke whale Balaenoptera<br />

* Uncommon in Gulf of Mexico,<br />

acutorostrata<br />

occur in other waters of the<br />

ROI; frequent coastal regions,<br />

bays, offshore banks<br />

Humpback whale Megaptera<br />

E Migratory population moves<br />

novaeangliae<br />

along the southeastern U.S. on<br />

the way to its wintering<br />

grounds, occur January through<br />

May<br />

North Atlantic right Eubalaena glacialis E/CH Wintering and calving grounds<br />

whale<br />

are along Georgia and Florida,<br />

occur December through March,<br />

nearshore<br />

Sei whale Balaenoptera<br />

E Southern portion of range<br />

borealis<br />

during spring/summer<br />

Odontocetes (toothed whales and dolphins)<br />

Atlantic spotted<br />

dolphin<br />

Stenella frontalis * Generally pelagic<br />

Blainville’s beaked Mesoplodon<br />

* Pelagic<br />

whale<br />

densirostris<br />

Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus * Both coastal and offshore<br />

variety are common in this ROI,<br />

frequents bays and estuaries<br />

Clymene dolphin Stenella clymene * Pelagic<br />

Cuvier’s beaked<br />

whale<br />

Ziphius cavirostris * Pelagic<br />

Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima * Pelagic<br />

Gervais’ beaked<br />

whale<br />

Mesoplodon<br />

europaeus<br />

* Oceanic

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