Range
Omura's whale appears to be restricted to the shelf and nearshore areas of tropical and subtropical waters, with records mostly from the eastern Indian Ocean (off Cocos Islands), Indonesia, the Philippines, the Sea of Japan, and the Solomon Sea. On 14 May 2012 an Omura's whale was sighted and photographed off New Caledonia.
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