Table 2 Cetaceans' names given by the fishers interviewed (n = 70).
From: Whales, dolphins or fishes? The ethnotaxonomy of cetaceans in São Sebastião, Brazil
Scientific name | English common name | Folk genera | Folk species | Number of citations | Fisher do not know the animal | Number of fishers who have seen the animal (S) or have not seen the animal (NS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eubalaena australis | Southern right whale | baleia | 37 | 33 | S = 37 | NS = 33 | |
Balaenoptera acutorostrata | Minke whale | baleia | 1 | 69 | S = 1 | NS = 69 | |
Balaenoptera edeni | Bryde's whale | baleia | 19 | 52 | S = 18 | NS = 52 | |
baleia-branca | 1 | ||||||
Megaptera novaeangliae | Humpback whale | baleia | 13 | 33 | S = 37 | NS = 33 | |
jibarte | 15 | ||||||
jubarte | 8 | ||||||
cachalote | 2 | ||||||
Orcinus orca | Killer whale | baleia | 27 | 25 | S = 14 | NS = 56 | |
orca | 15 | ||||||
baleia-orca | 12 | ||||||
baleia-branca | 1 | ||||||
boto | 2 | ||||||
Steno bredanensis | Rough-toothed dolphin | boto | 14 | 54 | S = 16 | NS = 54 | |
golfinho | 2 | ||||||
Tursiops truncatus | Bottlenose dolphin | boto | 56 | 7 | S = 63 | NS = 7 | |
boto-caldeirão | 9 | ||||||
golfinho | 10 | ||||||
golfinho-flipper | 1 | ||||||
Delphinus sp. | Common dolphin | boto | 17 | 50 | S = 20 | NS = 50 | |
golfinho | 1 | ||||||
toninha | 2 | ||||||
Stenella frontalis | Atlantic spotted dolphin | boto | 25 | 43 | S = 27 | NS = 43 | |
boto-rajado | 2 | ||||||
boto-caldeirão | 1 | ||||||
boto-malhado | 1 | ||||||
golfinho | 2 | ||||||
golfinho-malhado | 1 | ||||||
Sotalia guianensis | Marine Tucuxi | boto | 45 | 8 | S = 61 | NS = 9 | |
boto-preto | 1 | ||||||
golfinho | 12 | ||||||
toninha | 8 | ||||||
Pontoporia blainvillei | Franciscana | toninha | 51 | 6 | S = 64 | NS = 6 | |
boto | 6 | ||||||
boto-branco | 1 | ||||||
golfinho | 14 | ||||||