Long-Finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas
Also known as: Common Blackfish, Common Pilot Whale, Northern Pilot Whale, American Black-Fish, Atlantic Pilot Whale
Habitat
Aquatic
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Nocturnal
Size
800.0 kg
LCMammaliaCetaceaDelphinidae
Seasonal Activity
11,063 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Delphinidae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Aquatic
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Body mass
- 800.0 kg
Photo
(c) Vsevolod Rudyi, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Vsevolod Rudyi
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Occurrence data from GBIF.