Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Short-Finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala macrorhynchus
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) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Tetrapoda (Megaclass) Tetrapod
  └Mammalia (Class) Mammals
   └Cetartiodactyla (Order)
    └Cetacea (Infraorder) Cetaceans
     └Delphinidae (Family) Dolphins
      └Globicephala (Genus)
       └G. macrorhynchus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 137096🔗
iNaturalist ID: 41532🔗

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