Texas Pelagics
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Marine Mammals of Texas
This table summarizes the status of all Marine Mammal species seen on all Texas Pelagic trips up to June 2022. Also included are an additional __ species that have been recorded in Texas offshore waters, just not yet on a Texas Pelagics trip. The species names are links to a page for each species that includes: a description of its Texas and Gulf of Mexico status; seasonal occurrence graphs; a google map of the geographic distribution of all the sightings; a range map; and photos (where available) of this species in Texas.
# | SPECIES (click name to go to Page) | % of TRIPS | HIGH COUNT # | TEXAS PELAGIC STATUS |
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1 | Sei Whale | |||
2 | Rice's Whale | |||
3 | Atlantic Spotted Dolphin | |||
4 | Striped Dolphin | |||
5 | Pantropical Spotted Dolphin | |||
6 | Clymene Dolphin | |||
7 | Spinner Dolphin | |||
8 | Rough-Toothed Dolphin | |||
9 | Pelagic Bottlenose Dolphin | |||
10 | Fraser's Dolphin | |||
11 | Pygmy Killer Whale | |||
12 | False Killer Whale | |||
13 | Orca | |||
14 | Risso's Dolphin | |||
15 | Short-Finned Pilot Whale | |||
16 | Melon-headed Whale | |||
17 | Sperm Whale | |||
18 | Pygmy Sperm Whale | |||
19 | Dwarf Sperm Whale | |||
20 | Cuvier's Beaked Whale | |||
21 | Blainville's Beaked Whale | |||
22 | Gervais' Beaked Whale |
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