Long-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The long-finned pilot whale or pothead whale is a large species of oceanic dolphin. It shares the genus Globicephala with the short-finned pilot whale. Long-finned pilot whales are known as such because of their unusually long pectoral fins.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Globicephala