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Globicephala melas

Globicephala melas

Atlantic Pilot Whale(+24)·(Traill, 1809)

GBIF:202603367

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engAtlantic Pilot WhaleengengCaaing WhaleengengCalderén De Aleta LargaengengCommon BlackfishengengCommon Pilot Whaleeng+20 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engAtlantic Pilot Whale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engCaaing Whale
eng
Source: Delphinidae
engCalderén De Aleta Larga
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engCommon Blackfish
eng
Source: Delphinidae
engCommon Pilot Whale
eng
Source: Delphinidae
engEdward
eng
Source: Delphinidae
engGlobicéphale Noir
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engLangflossen-grindwal
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engLong-finned Pilot Whale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engMelas
eng
Source: Delphinidae
engNorth Atlantic Long-finned Pilot Whale
eng
Source: Delphinidae
engNorthern Pilot Whale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engPothead Whale
eng
Source: Delphinidae
engPothead Whale; North Atlantic Long-finned Pilot Whale (melas); Southern Long-finned Pilot Whale (edward)
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSouthern Long-finned Pilot Whale
eng
Source: Delphinidae
engAmerican Black-fish
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engAtlantic Blackfish
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engBlackfish
eng
Source: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
engDriving Whale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engIndian Pilot Whale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engPilot Whale
eng
Source: United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)
engPothead
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engRound-headed Porpoise
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engRoundhead
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSocial Whale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

AnimaliaChordataMammaliaCetaceaDelphinidaeGlobicephalaGlobicephala melas

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Source Information

Martha's Vineyard species checklist

checklist

This is an initial Martha's Vineyard species checklist derived from GBIF Ocurrences. The initial purpose of this checklist is to create a datasetKey to be used by software to explore species found on Martha's Vineyard.

Loomis J (2024). Martha's Vineyard species checklist. Version 1.5. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3vk6gc accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC BYPublished 10/30/2024
GBIF Usage Key
202603367
Dataset Key
298a29ef-a66a-4330-93a1-ea59482e25d9
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2440596
Taxon ID
2440596
Last Crawled
3/3/2026
Last Interpreted
3/3/2026
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