Accobams

Species occurring in the Black Sea

Occurrence	Species	Common name	Notes
Regular	Delphinus delphis ponticus	Short-beaked common dolphin	Black Sea subspecies
	Phocoena phocoena relicta	Harbour porpoise	Black Sea subspecies
	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	Common bottlenose dolphin	Black Sea subspecies
Vagrant	Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Common minke whale
Introduced	*Delphinapterus leucas*	Beluga	Escaped from captivity in Crimea in 1991, and repeatedly sighted in various locations in Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Turkey until 1995

Definitions:

Regular. A taxon regularly reproducing, feeding and carrying out all its vital functions in a region.

Visitor. A taxon that does not reproduce regularly within a region, but which has been repeatedly, albeit irregularly found within its boundaries.

Vagrant. A taxon which has been known to occur within the boundaries of a region, but only on rare occasions.

Introduced:

Introduction: the movement, by human agency, of a taxon outside its natural range (past or present).

Intentional introduction: an introduction made deliberately by humans, involving the purposeful (authorised or unauthorised) movement of a taxon outside of its natural range and dispersal potential.

Unintentional introduction: an unintended introduction made as a result of a taxon utilising humans or human delivery systems as vectors for dispersal outside its natural range.

Re-introduction: an attempt to establish a taxon in an area which was once part of its historical range, but from which it has been extirpated or become extinct.

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