Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America, for the Vessel Surveys for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds project (VSAD survey GU2303) from 2023-06-22 to 2023-08-14 (NCEI Accession 0290373)

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  "BIRDS",
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MARINE MAMMALS",
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  "Fraser's dolphin",
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  "Melon-headed or Pygmy killer or False killer whale",
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  "Pantropical spotted dolphin",
  "Pilot whales",
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  "Globicephala",
  "Grampus griseus",
  "Istiophoridae",
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