Florent's Guide To The
Hawaiian Reefs
Short-Finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Location: Big Island, Hawaii
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Short-Finned Pilot Whale
Category:
Dolphins
Scientific Name:
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Size:
Up to 18 ft. (5.5 m)
Depth:
0-1000 ft. (0-305 m)
Distribution:
Circumtropical
Chordata
(Phylum)
└
Vertebrata
(Subphylum)
└
Tetrapoda
(Megaclass)
└
Mammalia
(Class)
└
Cetartiodactyla
(Order)
└
Cetacea
(Infraorder)
└
Delphinidae
(Family)
└
Globicephala
(Genus)
└
G. macrorhynchus
(Species)
WoRMS ID: 137096🔗
iNaturalist ID: 41532🔗
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