Species Information

Focus Species Project Information

Species Examples (Pacific Island Region)

Common Name Scientific Name PIFSC Code# Acoustic Signals
Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata 002 Example
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 013 Example
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis 015 Example
Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus 018 Example
Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus 021 Example
Fraser’s dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei 026 Example
Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra 031 Example
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata 032 Example
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens 033 Example
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus 036 Example
Killer whale Orcinus orca 037 Example
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus 046 Example
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps 047 [Example]
Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima 048 Example
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens 057 Example
Blainville’s beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris 059 Example
Goose-beaked whale (Cuvier’s) Ziphius cavirostris 061 Example
Longman’s beaked whale Indopacetus pacificus 065 Example
Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 071 Example
Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni 072 Example
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis 073 [Example]
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus 074 [Example]
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus 075 [Example]
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae 076 [Example]
Kogia Kogia sp. 080 Example
Cross Seamount beaked whale BWC 049 (Unknown) Example

Species Codes & Definitions for Unknown Odontocetes

  • 77: Unidentified dolphin (only whistles OR only echolocation clicks of any frequency)

  • 177: Unidentified small dolphin (whistles > 15 kHz beginning frequency and echolocation clicks > 30 kHz peak)

  • 277: Unidentified medium dolphins (whistles 10–15 kHz beginning frequency and echolocation clicks 15–30 kHz peak)

  • 377: Unidentified large dolphins (whistles 3–10 kHz beginning frequency and echolocation clicks 15–25 kHz peak)

    Yano et al. (2025) NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-175