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Globicephala melas Long-Finned Pilot Whale, Atlantic Pilot Whale, Grindahvalur

Globicephala melas is commonly referred to as Long-Finned Pilot Whale, Atlantic Pilot Whale, Grindahvalur. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Keith DP Wilson, UK

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lexID:
13271 
AphiaID:
137097 
Scientific:
Globicephala melas 
German:
Grindwal, Pilotwal, Langflossen-Grindwal, Atlantischer Grindwal, Grindahvalur 
English:
Long-Finned Pilot Whale, Atlantic Pilot Whale, Grindahvalur 
Category:
Mammals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Delphinidae (Family) > Globicephala (Genus) > melas (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Traill, ), 1809 
Occurrence:
Straße von Gibraltar, West Sahara, Tunesien, Algeria, Amsterdam Island, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Azores, Barents Sea, Bay of Biscay, Bouvet Island, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Central Pazific, Chile, Crozet Islands, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), European Coasts, Germany, Greenland, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Iceland, Japan, Kerguelen Islands, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Peru, Portugal, Scandinavia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South-Africa, Spain, Tasmania (Australia), the British Isles, the Falkland Islands, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Uruguay, USA 
Sea depth:
0 - 1800 Meter 
Size:
224.41" - 263.78" (570cm - 670cm) 
Weight:
2 Tonnen 
Temperature:
-1,3 °F - 82.4 °F (-1,3°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Flatfish, Herring, Jackfish, Sepia, Small Sharks 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-04 11:27:03 

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Synonyms:
Delphinus deductor Scoresby, 1820
Delphinus globiceps Temminck, 1841
Delphinus globiceps G. Cuvier, 1812
Delphinus grampus Gray, 1846
Delphinus grinda Lyngbye, 1824
Delphinus melas Traill, 1809
Globicephala leucosagmaphora Rayner, 1939
Globicephala melaena (Traill, 1809)
Globicephala melaena Thomas, 1898
Globicephala melas leucosagmaphora Tomilin, 1962
Globicephala meloena Paulus, 1960
Globicephalus affinis True, 1889
Globicephalus australis Gray, 1871
Globicephalus chiliensis Phillipi, 1896
Globicephalus conductor Rapp, 1837
Globicephalus globiceps Philippi, 1893
Globicephalus melas Flower, 1885
Globiceps affinis Flower, 1884
Globiceps melas Flower, 1884
Globiocephalus affinis Gray, 1846
Globiocephalus chilensis Philippi, 1896
Globiocephalus incrassatus Gray, 1862
Globiocephalus melas Murie, 1874
Globiocephalus swineval Gray, 1846
Grampus affinis Gray, 1866
Phocaena edwardii A. Smith, 1834
Phocaena edwardsii True, 1889
Phocaena globiceps A. Smith, 1834
Sphaerocephalus incrassatus Gray, 1864

External links

  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (en). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  2. Animal Diversity Web (en). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  3. Cadmium contamination in Pilot Whales Globicephala melas: Source and potential hazard to the species (en). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  4. Diving behaviour of long-finned pilot whales Globimelas around the Faroe Islands (en). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  5. Entire pod of 89 pilot whales dies on Scottish beach in freak mass stranding (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2024.
  6. Flickr Homepage Keith DP Wilson (en). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  7. Grindahvalur von Sir David Attenborough (en). Abgerufen am 23.09.2020.
  8. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  9. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  10. Population structure of long-finned pilot whales in the North Atlantic: A correlation with sea surface temperature? (en). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  11. Review of Distribution of the Long Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean (en). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  12. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.
  13. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.

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