Hello,
My name is Alësha Naranjit from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean . My
group and I are doing some questionnaire surveys that focus mostly on what
cetaceans people are seeing locally, where they see them and when (time of day
and year). To aid in this questionnaire, I am putting together a species id
sheet to help the interviewees (mainly fishermen, water taxies, yachties and
recreational boat owners) identify the animals they may have seen while out on
the water.
I am looking for pictures depicting whole bodies, flukes, dorsal views, side
views, heads and any other pictures that show important features that can help
to identify the animals. I am looking for animals in the water (not stranded)
and preferably not obviously in a captive setting. If anyone has any pictures
of the following species (see table below) and would be willing to give
permission for them to be used as part of the species id sheets that supplement
these interview questionnaires, please send them to me as soon as you can.
These pictures will be used on printed sheets to be carried around to aid in
the questionnaire (no publication involved) and of course, they will be
referenced.
I would especially love any pictures you have of the Cuviers and Gervais
beaked whales, the pygmy and dwarf sperm whale and the pygmy killer whale. Your
pictures will allow my group to get a more accurate idea of what our
interviewees may be seeing in Trinidad and Tobago s waters.
If you do not have the pictures I am looking for or do not have ownership of
pictures that you feel may be useful but know someone that I could contact
please let me know.
Looking forward your support and amazing pictures:)
Alësha
Species recorded in the waters of Trinidad and Tobago
Species
Common name
Mysticeti
Balaenopterus physalus Fin whale
Balaenopterus borealis
Sei whale
Balaenopterus edeni
Brydes whale
Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale
Odontoceti
Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale
Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale
Kogia sima
Dwarf sperm whale
Ziphius cavirostris Cuviers beaked whale
Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais beaked whale
Orcinus orca Killer whale
Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale
Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale
Globicephala macrorhynchus Sort-finned pilot whale
Stenella attenuata Pan-tropical spotted dolphin
Stenella frenatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin
Stenella longirostris
Spinner dolphin
Stenella clymene
Clymene dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba
Striped dolphin
Delphinus delphis
Common dolphin
Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose dolphin
Grampus griseus Rissos dolphin
Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin
Sotalis fluviatilis Tucuxi
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.Gandhi
"There are two ways to live your life - one is as though nothing is a miracle,
the other is as though everything is a miracle." -- Albert Einstein
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