Long-finned pilot whale[1] | |
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Size compared to an average human | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Genus: | Globicephala |
Species: | G. melas
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Binomial name | |
Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
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Subspecies | |
Globicephala melas melas | |
Range of the long-finned pilot whale | |
Synonyms | |
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The long-finned pilot whale, or pothead whale (Globicephala melas) is a large species of oceanic dolphin. It shares the genus Globicephala with the short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Long-finned pilot whales are known as such because of their unusually long pectoral fins.
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