Open AccessBryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) new record for mainland Portugal
Author(s) -
Joana Castro,
André Cid,
Marina I Laborde
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of cetacean research and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2312-2692
pISSN - 1561-0713
DOI - 10.47536/jcrm.v22i1.333
Subject(s) - whale , balaenoptera , baleen , mainland , fishery , geography , shore , right whale , oceanography , minke whale , nautical mile , biology , geology , archaeology , cartography
Brydes’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) is a species of baleen whale known to live year-round in warm waters, although the distribution of the species in the North Atlantic Ocean is still poorly known. In this work we report the sighting of an adult individual during the summer of 2020 in the South coast of Portugal. The whale was observed 6.4 nautical miles from the shore at a depth of 50.6 metres. Initially this individual was associated with a group of bottlenose dolphins.
This is the first record of this species for mainland Portugal.