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- On the recommended vernacular names of Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead & Van Waerebeek, 1991 (Cetacea, Ziphiidae) in several world languages
- Abstract
- Relevant and distinctive vernacular species names are essential to assure efficient communication among scientists under field and laboratory conditions, but also among non-specialists including the public at large. We provide a rationale for recommended vernacular and alternative names for the lesser beaked whale Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead & Van Waerebeek, 1991 in 11 major world languages which encompass most of cetacean literature. Principal criteria for name endorsement are unambiguity and nonrepetitiveness with respect to other aquatic mammal species.
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- Van Waerebeek, K.; Reyes, J.C.; Secchi, E.R.; Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Félix, F.; Guerra-Correa, C.; Jung, J.-L.; Lai, H.-y.; Lescrauwaet, A.-K.; Mangel, J.C.; Pan, W.; Podestà, M.; Ritter, F.; Sanino, G.P.; Sequeira, M.; Siciliano, S.; Van Bressem, M.-F.; Yáñez, J.L. (2018). On the recommended vernacular names of Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead & Van Waerebeek, 1991 (Cetacea, Ziphiidae) in several world languages. Journal of Marine Biology & Oceanography 7(4). https://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2324-8661.1000195
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