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Feresa attenuata,Pygmy Killer Whale, Orque pygmée,Orca Pigmeo,Delphinus intermedius,Small killer whale, small orca, small killer whale
The pygmy killer whale is also known as the pygmy killer whale. It is an animal of the genus Pygmy Killer Whale in the family Delp···
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Pseudorca crassidens,False Killer Whale, Faux-orque,Orca Falsa,Phocaena crassidens Owen,Black whale, false killer whale, false pilot whale, false killer whale
False killer whale is the only species in the genus False killer whale of the Dolphin family, and ranks third in size among the Do···
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Orcinus orca,Killer Whale, Orca,Epaulard, Orque, Espadarte, Orca,Orca assassina, killer whale
Killer Whale is the largest species in the dolphin family, and there is no subspecies.Killer whales are highly social and have a c···
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Peponocephala electra,Toothy melon-headed whale, melon-headed dolphin
Melon-headed whale, also known as Melon-headed whale, has no subspecies. Its characteristics are similar to those of the genus Orc···
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Megaptera novaeangliae,Humpback whale,Humpback whale, humpback whale, saw-armed whale, saw-armed whale
Humpback whale is not the largest whale in the world, but it is also a well-deserved giant in the ocean.Humpback whales mostly mov···
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Balaenoptera physalus,Fin Whale,Finback whale, baleen whale, razorback whale, herring whale, fin whale
Fin whales are one of the fastest whales, with a speed of up to 37 kilometers per hour, and a record high of 40 kilometers per hou···
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Balaenoptera omurai,Omura whale
Omura's whale is a medium-sized whale that looks very similar to a fin whale, but is much smaller than a fin whale.Omura's···
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Balaenoptera brydei,Bryde's whale,Anchovy, Pseudomonas auratus
Bryde's whale, also known as Bryde's whale in English, has no subspecies and is the only baleen whale that lives in tropic···
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Balaenoptera borealis,Sei whale, baleen whale, northern baleen whale, great baleen whale, cod whale
Sei whales are called Sei whales in foreign languages and have two subspecies.The body shape of Sei whales is similar to that of f···
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata,Minke Whale、Common Minke Whale,Minke whale, Sharp-billed whale
Minke Whale has two subspecies and is a small baleen whale of the genus Mysticetus.Minke Whale has 230 to 273 baleen pieces on eac···
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Eschrichtius robustus,gray whale,Whale killer, shell digger, weak whale
Gray whale is also known as gray whale in English. Its body circumference is larger than that of baleen whales, but smaller than t···
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Eubalaena japonica,North Pacific right whale, black right whale, black right whale
The North Pacific right whale has no subspecies.For a long time, cetaceans believed that right whales in the northern and southern···
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Rhincodon typus
The whale shark is the largest shark and the largest fish. It is named whale shark because of its huge whale-like body. The larges···
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Moon jellyfish, UFO jellyfish, Moon jellyfish
Moon jellyfish feed on plankton such as mollusks, crustaceans, worms and copepods.Moon jellyfish occasionally eat gelatinous zoopl···
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Sea lion, South American seal
The fur of the South American Fur seal is dark gray.Females and most immature individuals have a variety of colors, mostly gray on···
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Harbor seal, seal, fur seal, fur seal, western Pacific harbor seal
Sometimes they look out of the water, sometimes they dive for food, and sometimes they go up to the islands and reefs to bask in t···
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African manatee,African manatee, Seacow,Lamantin d'Afrique, Lamantin du Sénégal,Manatí de Senegal
The West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis, African manatee) is a species of the family Sirenia, Sirenia, and is found in w···
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South American sea lion, southern sea lion, maned seal, South American fur seal
There are about 14 species of sea lions in the world, of which the South American sea lion is the least known and the most bizarre···
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Delphinapterus leucas, sea canary
As the name suggests, it is a white whale. It is called the cutest whale in the world because it looks cute, looks like a dolphin,···
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Pleuronectiformes，heterosomata，flounder
Flounder is a general term for fishes of the order Plaice. It has no swim bladder and feeds on worms, crustaceans and other animal···
