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Mesoplodon grayi   von Haast,  1876 (Whale)
Organism information awaits expert curation

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Description
Size: 5.6m in males and 5.3 m in females.

Weight: 1,100 kg

Color: Dark grey, with pale patches on the under-sides.

The small head leads to a narrow beak which becomes white in adulthood; the tips of two relatively small, triangular teeth erupt from the lower jaw in males, about one half from the tip of the beak; there are 17-22 pairs of small teeth in the posterior half of the upper jaw.

Biogeography


• INDIA

Literature Source(s)

• Pillai, PKM and Augustine, SK (2000) A code list of common marine living resources of the Indian seas CMFRI Special Publication No.12 CMFRI 1-115 Available at - eprints.cmfri.org.in/3975/1/Special_Publication_No_12_Revised.pdf

• Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org

• Convention on migratory species Available at - http://www.cms.int/index.html

• MarineBio Available at - http://marinebio.org/

• Convention on migratory species Available at - http://www.cms.int/index.html

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