Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (한국수산과학회지)

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Review of the Korean Vernacular Names of Cetaceans

한반도 근해 고래류의 한국어 일반명에 대한 고찰

  • Sohn, Hawsun (Cetacean Research Institute, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
  • An, Du Hae (Cetacean Research Institute, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Kim, Doo Nam (Cetacean Research Institute, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
  • 손호선 (국립수산과학원 고래연구소) ;
  • 안두해 (국립수산과학원 고래연구소) ;
  • 김두남 (국립수산과학원 고래연구소)
  • Received : 2012.08.29
  • Accepted : 2012.10.08
  • Published : 2012.10.31
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Abstract

This paper reviews the Korean vernacular names of 35 cetacean species found in Korean waters and mentioned in 19 references, including laws, high school textbooks, and books on whales. The vernacular names of 16 species were identical in all sources examined. Some names have their origins in old Korean books, while others have recently entered public awareness through movies, TV programs, and the mass media; some species are frequently studied by researchers. Given the nature of vernacular names, that is, names used by people who live in sympatry with the animals, priority was not given high consideration in this paper. Instead, we carefully investigated the origin, publicity, and rationale of the Korean common names for the 35 species. All of these Korean names are also listed in "The World Cetacea Database (http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/)," which contains the most accurate cetacean systematic information on the Web.

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