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- small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
How To Use Globicephala melaena In A Sentence
- The more common marine mammals that can be observed from the park, albeit with a diminishing frequency in recent years include pilot whale Globicephala melaena, minke whale Balaenoptera autorostrata, finback whale B. physalus (V) and harbour seals Phoca vitulina. Gros Morne National Park, Canada
- The remaining indigenous mammals are all marine, comprising whales and seals, and include Southern right whale (Balaena glacialis), rare sightings of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), orca (Orcinus orca), the most common whale observed at Macquarie Island, and long fin pilot whale (Globicephala melaena), the only other whale to be seen in any numbers around Macquarie Island. MacQuarie Island, Australia
- The most important are humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin, minke, sei, sperm, and pilot whales (Globicephala melaena). Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada
- Long-finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melaena) are killed annually, mainly during the summer. Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
- Baleen whales like bowhead (Balaena mysticetus), minke, fin, grey (Eschrichtius robustus), pilot (Globicephala melaena), and other larger whales are also a valued source of food. Indigenous peoples, animals, and climate in the Arctic
- But non-indigenous people also commercially harvest a variety of species at smaller scales, such as minke whales in Norwegian waters, belugas in the White Sea, and pilot whales (Globicephala melaena) in the Faroe Islands. Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic
