Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Catodon (Meganeuron) krefftii Gray, 1865, Catodon australis Wall, 1851, Catodon colneti Gray, 1850, Catodon macrocephalus Lacépède, 1804, Cetus cylindricus Billberg, 1828, Delphinus bayeri Risso, 1826, Phiseter cylindricus Bonnaterre, 1789, Phiseter mular Bonnaterre, 1789, Phiseter trumpo Bonnaterre, 1789, Physalus cylindricus Lacépède, 1804, Physeter andersonii Borowski, 1780, Physeter australasiensis Desmoulins, 1822, Physeter australis Gray, 1846, Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758, Physeter maximus G. Cuvier, 1798, Physeter microps Linnaeus, 1758, Physeter microps rectidentatus Kerr, 1792, Physeter novaeangliae Borowski, 1780, Physeter orthodon Lacépède, 1804, Physeter tursio Linnaeus, 1758, Physeterus sulcatus Lacépède, 1818, Tursio vulgaris Fleming, 1822 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Migrant

Distribution: Subantartic water, Somalia, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Madagascar, Mediterranean Sea, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Tanzania (Horton et al., 2021).

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