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Globicephala macrorhynchus, Short-finned pilot whale
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CMS: Globicephala macrorhynchus, Short-finned pilot whale
English: Short-finned pilot whale
German: Kurzflossen Grindwal
Spanish: Calderón de aletas cortas
French: Globicéphale tropical
Drawing of Globicephala macrorhynchus © Würtz-Artescienza
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1. Description
The body in pilot whales is robust, with a thick tail stock. The
melon is exaggerated and bulbous and the beak is barely discernible
or non-existent. The dorsal fin is wide, broad based, falcate and
set well forward on the body. The flippers are long, slender, and
sickle-shaped. A faint grey saddle patch may be visible behind the
dorsal fin. A grey midventral line extends to the front into an
anchor-shaped chest patch and widens posteriorily to a genital patch.
The short-finned pilot whale has a wider skull than the long-finned
species (Olson and Reily 2002).
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