. Cetaceans of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Cetacea; Mammals. SCB but that sightings ohen m\ol\ed the sjnie tew tjroups repcatedh' and that following the first encounter in a given area the same group was often seen there repeatedh' over several weeks. For example, a pod ot six killer whales containing a male dubbed as "old bent fin" was seen in 1959 (twice), 1962 (once) and 1976 (twice) in waters off San Diego and the Coronado Islands, a pod of eight remained off San Diego for about three weeks in 1982, and one male we photographed in a group of 12 off Santa Barbar
. Cetaceans of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Cetacea; Mammals. SCB but that sightings ohen m\ol\ed the sjnie tew tjroups repcatedh' and that following the first encounter in a given area the same group was often seen there repeatedh' over several weeks. For example, a pod ot six killer whales containing a male dubbed as "old bent fin" was seen in 1959 (twice), 1962 (once) and 1976 (twice) in waters off San Diego and the Coronado Islands, a pod of eight remained off San Diego for about three weeks in 1982, and one male we photographed in a group of 12 off Santa Barbara m January igSi remained in that area for at least one week, returned to the area in January 198; and appeared off Catalina Island in February of the same year. Therefore, although killer whales appear not to be particularly abundant in the SCB they might be met with at any time and location. Other Species Reported. Killer Whale Ps!udona crassidim (Owen, 1846) Most researchers have regarded the false killer whale as a predomi- nantly tropical or subtropical species limited to pelagic waters. In the eastern North Pacific, these sleek, black, medium-sized toothed whales (to about 6 m) have, indeed, rarely been reported north of Baja California, where the broad transition benveen tropical and temperate waters ordinarily occurs. The few records that do exist are of special interest, however, as they leave open the question of whether or not false killer whales are present in pelagic temperate waters in greater numbers than generally believed. The northernmost records published are those ot a single live whale seen in Ishami Lagoon, Ptince William Sound in 198) and of one animal shot in 1957 near Olympia, Washington. There are no further published records from along the Washington or Oregon coasts and only four from Northern and Central California — a stranding in 1966 at Crescent City, two solitary whales seen live about jo nm west of Humboldt Bay in the 1970s, and a sma
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