Like other pipefish, the long-nosed pipefish does not have scales, but is encased in a series of bony rings.
Related species for the True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus)
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Spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii)
Information on the spade-toothed whale is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Blainville’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)
A particularly easy species to identify, Blainville’s beaked whale has two distinctive horn-like teeth that grow from bulges in the lower…
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Strap-toothed whale (Mesoplodon layardii)
One of the largest and most distinctly marked of the beaked whales, the strap-toothed whale is named for the unique and somewhat bizarre…
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Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)
Sowerby’s beaked whale is one of the more frequently sighted beaked whales in the North Atlantic Ocean, but like the rest of the Ziphiidae…
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Stejneger’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)
Named after Leonhard Stejneger, who discovered the species in 1885, Stejneger’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri) is an elusive species…
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Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)
The elusive ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is only known from widely scattered strandings or captures. Males of this…
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Gervais’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus)
Gervais’ beaked whale has a prominent, slender beak with only two teeth which, whilst obvious in males, are not visible in females. These…
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Pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus)
Information on the pygmy beaked whale is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Gray’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi)
One of the more easily distinguished members of its genus, Gray’s beaked whale has a particularly long, slender snout, or ‘beak’, which is…
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Southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons)
A rather odd-looking, robust whale, the southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is so-named for its short, tube-like…
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Arnoux’s beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii)
One of the largest beaked whale species, Arnoux’s beaked whale is almost identical in appearance to its close relative, Baird’s beaked whale…
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Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
In 1823, after mistaking a fragment of skull for a fossil, the French naturalist Georges Cuvier described a seemingly extinct species of…
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Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
The northern bottlenose whale has a bulbous forehead and an obvious tube-like beak, these features are more pronounced in older male…
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Baird’s beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)
Baird’s beak whale (Berardius bairdii) is a deep-diving cetacean belonging to a group known as the ‘beaked whales’ due to their elongated…
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Atlantic humpbacked dolphin (Sousa teuszii)
The most distinctive feature of this rather elusive cetacean is its distinctive humped appearance when it breaks the ocean’s surface to…
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Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei)
This tropical dolphin was scientifically described in 1956 from an individual washed up on a beach in Borneo, but was not actually recorded…
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Red-fronted gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons)
Information on the red-fronted gazelle is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis)
The taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis) is a medium-sized deer with a stocky body and a sandy grey coat, which provides excellent camouflage in…
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Narrow-ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)
As its name suggests, the narrow-ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaorientalis) is a small marine mammal which lacks a dorsal fin…
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North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
The North Atlantic right whale is currently one of the rarest large whales in the world, having been drastically reduced to critically low…
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Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)
Hector's dolphin, one of the rarest and smallest of marine dolphins, has a short, stocky torpedo-shaped body, which becomes narrow towards…
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Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)
Known as a right whale because during the height of whaling efforts, this was the ‘right’ whale to catch, as it is large, slow-moving and…
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Southern red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)
Information on the southern red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
The snow-white beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is one of the most distinctive of all cetaceans (a group that includes dolphins, whales…
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Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
A giant of the ocean, the gray whale is mottled dark to light grey in colour and is encrusted with patches of barnacles and whale lice. The…
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Heaviside’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)
One of the most poorly known dolphins and also amongst the smallest, Heaviside’s dolphin has a blunt head, rounded, paddle-like flippers…
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Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
A particularly distinctive dolphin, the Irrawaddy has a rounded head with no beak and a flexible neck, causing visible creases behind the…
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Black muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons)
A little-known, rare species of deer, the black muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons) is found only in eastern China. The black muntjac has a dark…
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Bharal (Pseudois nayaur)
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Beisa oryx (Oryx beisa)
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