Taxon Profile: Globicephala melaena
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 63
- Common Name
- Long-finned Pilot Whale
- Authority
- (Traill, 1809)
- Naming Status
- Synonym
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents
- Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Profile
- Source of taxon data
- CAVS
- Comments
- (Old CAVS_ID 'E1606')
- Revised from
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Globicephala melas Traill,1809 (Long-finned Pilot Whale) Profile
Reason: Synonym
The relationship between the old and the current - CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94
Species belongs to the following lists - Follow link on List Name to see list of all species.
| Type |
List Name |
Description |
Status |
Basis of Record |
| Antarctic-wide |
Cetaceans Database - Whales |
Defined list of cetacean species for the Australian coastal regions and the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. |
|
Derived (from literature) |
| Bioregion |
Heard Island |
includes McDonald Island |
|
Derived (from literature) |