FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Note preliminaire a l'etude des Cetaces des cotes Francaises de Mediterranee OT Preliminary note on studies of the Cetacea of the French Mediterranean coast BT AF DUGUY, Raymond CYRUS, Jean-Louis AS 1:;2:; FF 1:;2:; TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1973/publication-2157.pdf LA French DT Article DE ;Mediterranean sea;Geographical distribution;Dolphins;Whales;Mysticeti;Odontoceti AB This preliminary study of whales and dolphins off the French Mediterranean coasts refers to 15 spp, 11 Odontoceti and 4 Mysticeti: 3 of them are common; Delphinus delphis, Tursiops truncatus and Ziphius cavirostris (in the Ligurian sea), 2 are frequent in the Ligurian sea: Grampus griseus and Balaenoptera physalus, 3 are not uncommon: Stenella coeruleoalba, Globicephala melaena, and Physeter macrocephalus, 2 are rare: Pseudorca crassidens and Orcinus orca, 3 are exceptional: Balaena acutorostrata, Megaptera novaeangliae, and Steno bredanensis, 2 seem doubtful: Hyperoodon ampullatus and Balaenoptera musculus. Also important is the fact that no Phocoena phocoena has been observed. More generally, whales and dolphins seem to be more abundant in the area between Monaco, Corsica, and Marseille, than in the west part of the French Mediterranean coasts. PY 1973 PD JUL SO Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des PĂȘches Maritimes SN 0035-2276 PU ISTPM VL 37 IS 2 BP 151 EP 158 ID 2157 ER EF