Hello,
 
My name is Alësha Naranjit from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean . My group and  I are doing some questionnaire surveys that focus mostly on what cetaceans people are seeing locally, where they see them and when (time of day and year). To aid in this questionnaire, I am putting together a species id sheet to help the interviewees (mainly fishermen, water taxies, yachties and recreational boat owners) identify the animals they may have seen while out on the water.
 
I am looking for pictures depicting whole bodies, flukes, dorsal views, side views, heads and any other pictures that show important features that can help to identify the animals. I am looking for animals in the water (not stranded) and preferably not obviously in a captive setting. If anyone has any pictures of the following species (see table below) and would be willing to give permission for them to be used as part of the species id sheets that supplement these interview questionnaires, please send them to me as soon as you can. These pictures will be used on printed sheets to be carried around to aid in the questionnaire (no publication involved) and of course, they will be referenced.
 
I would especially love any pictures you have of the Cuvier’s and Gervais’ beaked whales, the pygmy and dwarf sperm whale and the pygmy killer whale. Your pictures will allow my group to get a more accurate idea of what our interviewees may be seeing in Trinidad and Tobago ’s waters.
 
If you do not have the pictures I am looking for or do not have ownership of pictures that you feel may be useful but know someone that I could contact please let me know.
 
Looking forward your support and amazing pictures:)
 
Alësha
 
 Species recorded in the waters of Trinidad and Tobago
Species
Common name

Mysticeti
 

Balaenopterus physalus
Fin whale
Balaenopterus borealis
Sei whale
Balaenopterus edeni
Bryde’s whale

Megaptera novaeangliae
Humpback whale

Odontoceti
 

Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale

Kogia breviceps
Pygmy sperm whale
Kogia sima
Dwarf sperm whale

Ziphius cavirostris
Cuvier’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon europaeus
Gervais’ beaked whale

Orcinus orca
Killer whale

Feresa attenuata
Pygmy killer whale

Pseudorca crassidens
False killer whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sort-finned pilot whale

Stenella attenuata
Pan-tropical spotted dolphin
Stenella frenatus
Atlantic spotted dolphin
Stenella longirostris
Spinner dolphin
Stenella clymene
Clymene dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba
Striped dolphin
Delphinus delphis
Common dolphin

Tursiops truncatus
Bottlenose dolphin

Grampus griseus
Risso’s dolphin

Steno bredanensis
Rough-toothed dolphin

Sotalis fluviatilis
Tucuxi


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