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  • Long-finned Pilot Whale, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Yeray Seminario, all rights reserved

  • Long-finned Pilot Whale, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Titouan Roguet, all rights reserved

  • Long-finned Pilot Whale, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Vsevolod Rudyi, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Long-finned Pilot Whale, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) giuliaa33, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Long-finned Pilot Whale, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Quentin Betencourt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) pgkaestner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Long-finned Pilot Whale

Globicephala melas

Worldwide
1,293 observations
Group
Mammals
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The long-finned pilot 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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