Long-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 745
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Long-finned pilot whale”.