Confirmed sightings of Bryde’s Whale, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878 (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) from Kuwait

IF 0.6 4区生物学 Q4 ZOOLOGY

Zoology in the Middle East Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI:10.1080/09397140.2023.2200094

M. al-Kandari, Yusuf Bohadi, M. Nithyanandan, Amani Al-Yaqout, Shaker Al-Hazeem, G. Mantha, Fathima Thuslim

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Among the nine species of Balaenopterid whales, only four species, viz., Balaenoptera musculus , B. edeni , B. omurai, and Megaptera novaeangliae are reported from the Ara-bian/Persian Gulf (Al-Robbae, 1967, 1971; Al-Sayegh, 2014; Dakhteh et al., 2017; Ranjbar et al., 2016). As our knowledge on whales in Kuwait is poor (Bishop & Al-Saffar, 2008), we present here opportunistic sighting data of Bryde’s Whales ( Balaenoptera edeni ) collected during the years 2009–2022 from Kuwaiti waters by the Kuwait Institute For Scientific Research (KISR) and secondary sources from social media platforms. The sightings of Bryde’s Whale in the years 2011, 2017 and 2022 were documented by KISR’s research team while conducting routine coral reef surveys off Khubbar, Qarouh islands and near an offshore oil rig respectively. Besides that we examined secondary data from sightings by recreational fishers, divers, etc. that were collated by “The Whale and Dolphin Protection Team” (WDPT; www.habi-hiba.com/whales_and

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已确认的Bryde's Whale，Balaenoptera edeni Anderson，1878年在科威特的目击事件（鲸目：Balaenopteridae）

在九种Balaenopterid鲸中，只有四种，即Balaenoptera musculus、B.edeni、B.omurai和Megaptera novaeangliae，来自Ara bian/波斯湾（Al Robbae，19671971；Al Sayegh，2014；Dakhteh等人，2017；Ranjbar等人，2016）。由于我们对科威特鲸鱼的了解很差（Bishop和Al Saffar，2008），我们在这里展示了科威特科学研究所（KISR）在2009-2012年从科威特水域收集的布赖德鲸（Balaenoptera edeni）的机会主义目击数据和社交媒体平台的二次来源。KISR的研究团队分别在Khubbar岛、Qarouh岛和海上石油钻井平台附近进行例行珊瑚礁调查时，记录了2011年、2017年和2022年的布赖德鲸目击事件。此外，我们还检查了“鲸鱼和海豚保护小组”（WDPT；www.habi-hiba.com/whales_and

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Zoology in the Middle East ZOOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Zoology in the Middle East is a journal which publishes original papers and review papers on ecology, zoogeography, animal biology, biodiversity, faunistics, systematics and morphology of the Middle East. It seeks to further the understanding of the Middle East as a zoogeographic unit and aims at improving the interchange of knowledge and ideas between specialists on different subjects and taxa.