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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Short-Finned Pilot Whale

WoRMS 137096ITIS 180466key worms:137096
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2026-08-05: itis_id 180466 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Globicephala macrorhynchus
Short-Finned Pilot Whale6.1 m
a person1.7 m

max · sealifebase

Photograph of Globicephala macrorhynchus
Photo · A Emmerson · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The short-finned pilot whale is one of the two species of cetaceans in the genus Globicephala, which it shares with the long-finned pilot whale. It is part of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae).W CalCOFI holds 1 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1994 and 1994.R

1
observations
1
records
1
sampling events
1994
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Seabirds & Marine Mammals 1 obs · 1 events · 1994
    name used: Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-Finned Pilot Whale · code SFPW

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

calcofi:marine_mammals

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:137096%22