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Mediterranean and Black Sea Cetacean Red List Assessment
Steno bredanensis
2003 (Sep.) Ionian Sea, about 150 km
W of Kefalonia Is., Greece
Data Sources
Pod of 8 sighted, photographic
documentation available
2005 (22 Mar.) Port of Haifa, Israel Pod of about 30, remaining in the harbour
and feeding on mullet all day (copious
documentation available)
Lacey et al. 2005
Kerem 2005
2006 (14 Mar.) Nahariyya beach, Israel F 187 cm Stranded, partly decomposed Goffman et al. 2006
Note. The following records were not included: (a) an unsubstantiated personal communication by R.
Busnel to Collet (1984) of “about 10” rough-toothed dolphins taken in the Mediterranean Sea in the
1950s, on behalf of the Laboratoire de Physiologie Acoustique in France; (b) questionable sighting
reported by non-specialists in the Gulf of Taranto (Ionian Sea) and Strait of Sicily (Di Natale 1983); and (c)
questionable sightings in the Strait of Gibraltar (Hashmi and Adloff 1991).
Centro Studi Cetacei. 2004. Cetacei spiaggiati lungo le coste italiane. XVII. Rendiconto 2002
(Mammalia). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di
Milano 145(1):155-169.
Collet A. 1984. Live-capture of cetaceans for European institutions. Reports of the International Whaling
Commission 34:603-607.
Di Natale A. 1983. Goosebeaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, and rough-toothed dolphin, Steno
bredanensis, in the Italian seas. Rapports de la Commission Intérnationale de la Mer Méditerranée
28(5):203-204.
Giglioli E.H. 1880. Elenco dei mammiferi, degli uccelli e dei rettili ittiofagi appartenenti alla fauna italiana.
Stamperia Reale, Firenze.
Goffman O., Granit S., Hadar N., Kerem D., Podiadis V., Kent R., Ratner E., Roditi-Elasar M., Scheinin A.,
Spanier E. 2006. Cetacean species in Israeli Mediterranean waters: update 2000-2006. 3 rd Annual
Meeting of the Israeli Association for Aquatic Sciences. Haifa, May 23, 2006.
Granier J. 1970-1972. Capture d’un Steno rostre’ (Steno bredanensis Lesson) dans le Golfe d’Aigues-
Mortes. Bulletin de la Société des Etudes de Sciences Naturelles de Vaucluse 1970-1972:109-111.
Hashmi D.D.K., Adloff B.B. 1991. Surface frequency of cetaceans in the Strait of Gibraltar. European
Research on Cetaceans 5:16-17.
Kerem D. 2005. Rough-toothed dolphins “invading” the port of Haifa. FINS 2(1):19.
Lacey C., Lewis T., Moscrop, A. 2005. Sightings made during surveys of Mediterranean Sea in 2003 and
2004 including an unusual encounter with rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) in the Ionian
Sea. In: 19th Ann. Conf. of ECS, La Rochelle, April 2005. pp. 113, Abs. # SA- 13.
Marchessaux D., Duguy R. 1978. Note préliminaire sur les cétacés de la Méditerranée orientale. 26ème
Congrès-Assemblée Plenière de la Commission Intérnationale pour l’Exploration Scientifique de la
Médeiterranée, Antalya, 24 novembre - 2 décembre 1978. 4 pp.
Neuville H. 1927. Observations sur le genre Steno Gray 1844 (Glyphidelphis P. Gerv. 1859). Comptesrendus
du Congrès de Constantine de l’Association Française pour l’Avancement des Sciences
51:277-281.
Robineau D. 1975. A propos de la présence du Steno bredanensis (Lesson,1828) (Cetacea, Delphinidae)
en Méditerranée occidentale. Mammalia 39(1):152-153.
Watkins W.A., Tyack P., Moore K.E., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. 1987. Steno bredanensis in the
Mediterranean Sea. Marine Mammal Science 3:78-82.
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