Natural SciencesMarine SciencesZoologyMarine EcologyMarine MammalogyMarine ZoologyCetacean BiologyCoastal Marine EcologyMarine Mammal DistributionMarine Mammal EcologyMarine Mammal SystematicsCetacean Comparative BiologyCetacean EcologyCetacean MorphologyCetacean Taxonomy
The living cetacean species of Santa Catarina coastal waters, Southern Brazil, are listed. Data on entanglement, strangings and sightings for the following 17 species are presented: Pontoporia blainvillei, Phocoena spinipinnis, Steno bredanensis, Sotalia fluviatilis, Delphinus delphis, Tursiops truncatus, Stenella frontalis, Pseudorca crassidens, Orcinus orca, Grampus griseus, Globicephala melas, Hyperondon planifrons, Mesoplodon densirostris, Physeter macrocephalus, Eubalaena australis, Balaenoptera borealis and B. acutorostrata. Area characteristics, biological aspects, distribution and moviments are presented. Details are given on the material deposited in collections. This study discusses the available information, presents original records and increases the number of know specimens of several species.