Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 2.18
List of whales, dolphins and porpoise found in and around Bay of Bengal
Species
Common
name
Distribution
Status
Neophocaena
phocaenoides
Black nless
Porpoise
Coastal waters and estuaries throughout the Indian subcontinent
Schedule I of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix I of CITES
Steno
bredanensis
Rough-toothed
dolphin
Tropical and warm temperate waters; Nicobar Island, Sri Lanka and Java
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix II of CITES
Stenella
attenuata
Pantropical
spotted
dolphin
Tropical and subtropical waters both coastal and offshore; Indian Ocean from Sri Lanka,
Sundarbans, etc.
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix II of CITES
Delphinus
delphis
Common
dolphin
Warm temperate to tropical waters, both coastal and offshore; Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal
(Madras coast), Sri Lanka, Maldives Island Andaman Island, etc.
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix II of CITES
Peponocephala
electra
Melon-headed
whale
Tropical and subtropical waters, mainly in equatorial waters; Mekran coast of Indian Ocean
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix II of CITES
Feresa
attenuata
Pigmy killer
whale
Tropical and subtropical waters of the world; recorded from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix II of CITES
Pseudorca
crassidens
False killer
whale
Tropical and warm temperate oceans; In India, Calicut, Trivandrum, Gulf of Cambay, Cape
Comorin and Port Blair
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix II of CITES
Globicephala
macrorhyncha
Short-
nned
pilot whale
Warm temperate and tropical waters; Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix II of CITES
Kogia breviceps
Pygmy sperm
whale
Throughout tropical and warm temperate oceans; eastern coast of India
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix II of CITES
Kogia simus
Dwarf sperm
whale
All tropical and warm temperate oceans; eastern and western coasts of India
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix II of CITES
Megaptera
novaeangliae
Humpback
whale
Polar to tropical waters: Reported from India (Travancore), Sri Lanka (off Colombo and Gulf
of Mannar)
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix I of CITES
Balaenoptera
musculus
Blue whale
Prefers cold waters and open seas; northern Indian Ocean, recorded around Sri Lanka, east and
west coast of India (Mangalore, Cochin, Tuticorin, Calicut, etc.)
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix I of CITES
Balaenoptera
physalus
Fin whale
Migrating from temperate feeding ground in summer towards the tropics in winter; reported
from Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, eastern (Calcutta) and western coasts of India (Bombay)
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix I of CITES
Balaenoptera
edeni
Bryde
'
s whale
Tropical and warm temperate waters; Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
Schedule II of Wildlife Protection
Act and Appendix I of CITES
