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Pilot Whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Also known as: Blackfish, Bubble, India Pilot Whale, North Pacific Pilot Whale, Oceanic Dolphins, Pacific Pilot Whale, Potheads, Shortfin Pilot Whale, Short-finned Pilot Whale, Short-finned Whale, Southern Blackfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · February 20071 / 4
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Overview

Also called Blackfish, Bubble, India Pilot Whale, North Pacific Pilot Whale, Oceanic Dolphins, Pacific Pilot Whale, Potheads, Shortfin Pilot Whale, Short-finned Pilot Whale, Short-finned Whale, Southern Blackfish.

Found in deep off-shore areas, often in pods of 25-50 at a time.
Widespread Tropical waters of Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific

They have a bulbous head with the fin far forward. Their body colour is black to brown with a large grey saddle mark behind the dorsal fin.
These toothed whales have only one blow hole.
They can live up to 40-60years

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean
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Found in deep off-shore areas, often in pods of 25-50 at a time.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classMammalia
    4. orderCetartiodactyla
    5. familyDelphinidae
    6. genusGlobicephala
    7. speciesGlobicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846

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