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Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas)
MammalverifiedLeast Concern

Globicephala melas

(Traill, 1809)

Long-Finned Pilot Whale

Also known as: American Black-Fish, Atlantic Blackfish, Blackfish, Caa'ing Whale, Common Blackfish, Common Pilot Whale, Driving Whale, Indian Pilot Whale, Northern Pilot Whale, Pothead, Roundhead, Round-Headed Porpoise, Social Whale, Pilot Whale

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Family

Delphinidae

Where to find it

common

Gibraltar

Other species in Delphinidae

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

Delphinus delphis

Common Dolphin

Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Leucopleurus acutus)

Leucopleurus acutus

Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin

Peron's Dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii)

Lissodelphis peronii

Peron's Dolphin

Grampus (Orcinus orca)

Orcinus orca

Grampus

Black Porpoise (Tursiops truncatus)

Tursiops truncatus

Black Porpoise

Australian Snubfin Dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni)

Orcaella heinsohni

Australian Snubfin Dolphin

Blackfish (Peponocephala electra)

Peponocephala electra

Blackfish

Gray Grampus (Grampus griseus)

Grampus griseus

Gray Grampus

Image: © Vsevolod Rudyi (CC-BY) · iNaturalist (CC-BY) · source