Globicephala macrorhynchus - #930
Short-finned Pilot Whale
Close-up of head with mouth open, showing teeth. Formerly in order Cetacea.
Geographic Distribution
Worldwide: tropical and warm-temperate waters; cold-temperate waters of the N Pacific, where it appears to stray as far north as the Gulf of Alaska (Pike and MacAskie, 1969).
Order/Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Globicephala
Specific Epithet
macrorhynchus
Image Location
USA, CA, San Diego Co., Sea World
Image Date
1983
Photographer
L Hays (contrib. by DG Huckaby)