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Áåñêëþâûé, èëè øèðîêîìîðäûé, äåëüôèí - Peponocephala electra - Russian
URL: http://gekla.chat.ru/melon.htm

Øèðîêî ðàñïðîñòðàíåí â òðîïèêàõ è ñóáòðîïèêàõ ìèðîâîãî îêåàíà, íà ñåâåð äî ßïîíèè (çàëèâ Ñàãàìè), íà þã äî Àíòàðêòèêè (Þæíûå Øåòëàíäñêèå î-âà); èçâåñòåí â âîäàõ Êàðèáñêîãî ìîðÿ, Çàïàäíîé Àôðèêè, Áåíãàëüñêîãî çàëèâà, Ãàâàéñêèõ î-âîâ, Ñóëàâåñè.

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Peponocephala electra (Melon-Headed Whale): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/peponocephala/p._electra$narrativ

Melon-headed whales are known primarily from mass strandings on beaches. They are rarely seen in the wild and probably occur in deep water far from the coast.

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Melon-headed Whale - Peponocephala electra - English
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/cetacean/melonhead.html

The melon-headed whale, also known as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, melonhead whale and many-toothed blackfish, is a large dolphin with an elongated body. The head is rounded, with a slight beak detectable in the smaller specimens.

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Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) - English
URL: http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/pepoelec.htm

Melon-headed whales travel in groups of 100-1,000, although even larger groups have been reported. In the tropical Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean they have been reported traveling with Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) and with spinner and spotted dolphins (Stenella spp.).

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Peponocephala electra (Melon-Headed Whale) - English
URL: http://www.cetacea.org/melon.htm

Cetacea - the world's whales, dolphins and porpoises all on one site. The Melon-Headed Whale has been seen in all major oceans, and it seems to have a continuous distribution in tropical and subtropical offshore waters.

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Peponocephala: Many-toothed Blackfish, or Melon-headed Whale - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/cetacea/cetacea.delp

The single species, P. electra, occurs in tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and also is known from Japan, southeastern Australia, and South Africa.

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