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Table E-19. <strong>Marine</strong> Mammals Common in the NMFS Pacific Islands Region<br />

(continued)<br />

Common Name Scientific Name<br />

Federal<br />

Status<br />

under ESA<br />

Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps * Pelagic<br />

E-33<br />

Distribution<br />

Rough-toothed<br />

dolphin<br />

Steno bredanensis * Pelagic<br />

Short-finned pilot Globicephala<br />

* Occasionally between the main<br />

whale<br />

macrorhynchus<br />

Hawaiian islands, pelagic<br />

Sperm whale Physeter<br />

E In deeper waters off Hawaii, year-<br />

macrocephalus<br />

round resident<br />

Striped dolphin Stenella<br />

coeruleoalba<br />

* Pelagic<br />

Spinner dolphin Stenella<br />

* Pelagic and coastal, daytime in<br />

longirostris<br />

shallow bays<br />

Source: Geraci and Lounsbury 2005<br />

Notes: CH – Critical Habitat in the ROI<br />

E – Federally listed as endangered<br />

* – only protected under MMPA

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