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    Species Accepted

    Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)

    American black-fish
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Globicephala
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      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

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
      Bermuda Biodiversity Database
      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.
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
      Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. (1999). The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals.
      Gray, J. E. 1871 b. Supplement to the Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. London: British Museum Trustees. vii + 108 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 16021
      Davorin Tome
      Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds. (2018). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd Edition.
      Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. (2000). Common Names of Mammals of the World.
      Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Ed., Vol. 1.
      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.

      Citation

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