Delphinidae (marine or true dolphins) |
670 cm TL (male/unsexed); 570 cm TL (female); max.weight: 2,000 kg |
pelagic; marine; depth range 30 - 1800 m |
Northeast Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean, and the Antarctic: Central Pacific sector at 68°S, 120°W; Globicephala melas melas: Ungava Bay, Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Norway, North Carolina, Azores, Madeira, Mauritania, Western Mediterranean, Newfoundland; Globicephala melas subsp.: Japan, Sea of Japan; Globicephala melas edwardii: Brazil, South Africa, Crozet, Heard Island, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Scott Island, Antarctic Convergence (Ref. 1522). Polar, subtropical. |
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Found in oceanic waters and some coastal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Feeds on squid and sometimes small medium-sized fish (Ref. 1394). Found in oceanic waters and some coastal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Feeds on squid and sometimes small medium-sized fish (Ref. 1394). |
(LC); Date assessed: 18 June 2018 Ref. 123251)
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Reported as Globicephala melas melas in eastern Greenland (Ref. 1522). C: Refs. 1522, 1394, M: Ref. 1394. |
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