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    Species Accepted

    Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)

    American black-fish

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      102 results
      American black-fish English
      Atlantic Pilot Whale English
      Atlantic blackfish English
      Baleia Piloto Portuguese
      Baleia Piloto de Barbatana Longa Portuguese
      Bjelogrli Dupin Croatian
      Caaing Whale English
      Globicéfalo Italian
      Grindwal German
      Indian pilot whale English

      Treatments

      3 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Nicholson's J. Nat. Philos. Chem. Arts vol.22 p.81 Published in
      Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. (1999). The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals.
      Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
      PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
      Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
      Bermuda Biodiversity Database
      Davorin Tome
      Wilson, & Reeder. (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference.
      Rice, Dale W. (1998). Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, No. 4.
      Traill, T. S. T. (1809). Description of a new species of whale, Delphinus melas. In a letter from Thomas Stewart Traill, M. D. to Mr. Nicholson. Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. 22: 81--83.

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