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Table 3 Contingency table using the number of citations for each cetacean species quoted for the Northern and Southern coast of São Sebastião.

From: Whales, dolphins or fishes? The ethnotaxonomy of cetaceans in São Sebastião, Brazil

Cetacean Species

Northern coast

Southern coast

χ2

P

E. autralis

13

24

  

B. edeni

9

9

  

M. novaeangliae

16

21

  

T. truncatus

31

32

  

S. bredanensis

8

8

  

Delphinus sp.

11

9

  

S. frontalis

13

14

  

S. guianensis

32

30

  

P. blainvillei

27

37

4.172

0.8413*

  1. Notes: Ho: proportion of citations for each species is independent if the fisher is from the Northern or the Southern coast of São Sebastião. * Non-significant P value, Ho is not rejected.