Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean 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)
└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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