Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957, Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Vagrant

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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