Globicephala macrorhynchus, Short-finned pilot whale : fisheries

Globicephala macrorhynchus   Gray, 1846

Short-finned pilot whale

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Delphinidae

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

Pelagic; non-migratory (Ref. 75906); depth range 0 - 2418 m (Ref. 116169), usually 600 - 1000 m (Ref. 104603).  Tropical; 15°C - 16°C (Ref. 97344); 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific. Tropical and warm temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 316.0, range 290 - 400 cm Max length : 610 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); 550 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 3.6 t (Ref. 1394)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in deep offshore areas (Ref. 936, 122680). Their main foraging grounds are those with high density of squid (Ref. 122680), its primary food. Sometimes feeds on fish (Refs. 936, 122680) and octopus (Ref. 122680). They are gregarious, rarely found solitary (Ref. 114960). Forms groups but hunts individually when feeding (Ref. 130961).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Males mature later than females because of their size and polygynous breeding behavior. Breeding longevity of Pacific species lasts for 17 to 31 years. Those less than 24 years old have a relatively high reproductive potential and longer resting period (Ref. 97344).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Tan, J.M.L. 1995 A Field Guide to the Whales and Dolphins in the Philippines. Makati City: Bookmark. 125 p. (Ref. 936)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.4 - 13.7, mean 4.4 (based on 4642 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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