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Globicephala melas   (Traill, 1809)

Long-finned pilot whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Canada country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Previous occurrence from map (Ref. 1394, p. 123) is confirmed by Ref. 1522. Known from Newfoundland and Nunavut (Ref. 1522). C: Refs. 1522, 1394, M: Ref. 1394; O: Ref. 91881.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rice, D.W., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Delphinidae (marine or true dolphins)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

Pelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 30 - 1800 m (Ref. 122880).   Polar; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

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.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 670 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1394); 570 cm TL (female); Peso massimo pubblicato: 2.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found in oceanic waters and some coastal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Feeds on squid and sometimes small medium-sized fish (Ref. 1394).

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 June 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.6 - 10, mean 3.7 (based on 3239 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.1; tm=12).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (83 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.