Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific 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)
└Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
 └Mammalia (Class)
  └Cetartiodactyla (Order)
   └Cetacea (Infraorder)
    └Delphinidae (Family)
     └Globicephala (Genus)

Marine Reptiles & Mammals
Dolphins

Short-Finned Pilot Whale

Spinner Dolphin

Bottlenose Dolphin



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