Best, P.B. & Photopoulou, T. (2016)
Identifying the “demon whale-biter”: Patterns of scarring on large whales attributed to a cookie-cutter shark Isistius sp. PLoS ONE, 11(4), Article e0152643
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152643

Pitman, R.L. & Van Helden, A.L. & Best, P.B. & Pym, A. (2006)
Shepherd's Beaked Whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi): Information on Appearance and Biology Based on Strandings and At-Sea Observations. Marine Mammal Science, 22(3), 744–755
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00066.x

Best, P.B. (2001)
Distribution and population separation of Bryde’ s whale Balaenoptera edeni off southern Africa. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 220, 277–289
DOI: 10.3354/meps220277

Best, P.B. & Shaughnessy P.D. (1981)
First records of the melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 83, 33–47