Globicephala macrorhynchus - #929
Short-finned Pilot Whale
Animal jumping above aquarium tank. 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, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles, Marineland of the Pacific
Image Date
1982
Photographer
DG Huckaby