Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Delphinidae > Genus Globicephala

Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Globicephala*	Lesson, 1828	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Afrikaans: kortvinloodswalvis

Dutch: Indische griend

English: Indian pilot whale; North Pacfic blackfish; North Pacific pilot whale; short-finned pilot whale; southern blackfish sources: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species Identification Guide. Rome. 312 p.

French: globecéphale tropical

German: Indischer Grindwal; Kurzflossen-Grindwal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Τροπικό μαυροδέλφινο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Indonesian: paus hitam bersirip pendek

Italian: globicefalo di Gray sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: gondo kujira; ma-gondo; naiso gota; ohanan gota; sibo gota; sicho gota; tappa-naga

Korean: deul-soe-gorae

Lithuanian: trumpapelekė grinda sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Malagasi: trozona mtondra vohy fohy

Polish: grindwal krótkopłetwy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: baleia piloto de peitoral curta; caldeirao

Russian: короткоплавниковая гринда sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kratkoplavuta mrka pliskavka sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: ballena pilota de aleta corta; bufeo prieto; calderón de aletas cortas; calderón tropical sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Thai: plawan nam rong

Turkish: kısa yüzgeçli kara balina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Гринда короткоплавцева; Короткоплавцева гринда

Literature

original description	Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, 1(Mammalia):48, pl. 1, fig. 1 (baleen).
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
GenBank (115 nucleotides; 117 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846. In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137096