(DRAFT) - Taxonomy
Species whale, short-finned pilot
Species Id M120017
Date 26 AUG 96
TAXONOMY
NAME - whale, short-finned pilot
OTHER COMMON NAMES - blackfish, pothead and pilot whale
ELEMENT CODE - 03/16/84
AOU CODE - 04/26/85
CATEGORY - Marine Mammals
PHYLUM AND SUBPHYLUM - Chordata, Vertebrata
CLASS AND SUBCLASS - Mammalia, Theria
ORDER AND SUBORDER - Cetacea, Odontoceti
FAMILY AND SUBFAMILY - Delphinidae,
GENUS AND SUBGENUS - Globicephala,
SPECIES AND SSP - macrorhynchus,
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Globicephala macrorhynchus
AUTHORITY - Grey 1846
TAXONOMY REFERENCES - 1043
COMMENTS ON TAXONOMY -
Other common names: blackfish, pothead, pilot whale,
shortfin pilot whale *1043*; other scientific names: G. brachyptera, G.
melas, G. brachypterus, G. ventricosa, G. macrorhyncha *1043*
Taxonomy - 1 (DRAFT) - Status
Species whale, short-finned pilot
Species Id M120017
Date 26 AUG 96
STATUS
Coded Status
Marine Mammal
REFERENCES FOR STATUS - 1029
Status - 1 (DRAFT) - Distribution
Species whale, short-finned pilot
Species Id M120017
Date 26 AUG 96
DISTRIBUTION
References on County Occurrence - AO1
References on County Abundance - AO1
REFERENCES FOR HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODES - AO1
REFERENCES FOR OTHER DISTRIBUTION - G
Distribution - 1 HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS
HABITAT - Aquatic
REFERENCES FOR HABITAT - 1033
LAND USE -
Water
Atlantic Ocean Coastal Waters
REFERENCES FOR LAND USE - 1043 and 1033
NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY CODES
NWI NWICLS NWIMOD NWISPEC
Marine, subtidal OW0
REFERENCES FOR NWI - 1043 and 1033
ANIMAL/PLANT SPECIES ASSOCIATIONS -
Parasites: Campula gondo
Lecithodesmus nipponicus
Nasitrema gondo
N. lancenlata
N. globicephalas
Anophryocephala sp.
Monorygma sp.
Phyllobothrium sp.
Anisakis sp.
Pharurus convolutus *1030*
REFERENCES FOR SPECIES ASSOCIATIONS - 1030
Habitat Associations - 1 (DRAFT) - Food Habits
Species whale, short-finned pilot
Species Id M120017
Date 26 AUG 96
FOOD HABITS
TROPHIC LEVEL -
Carnivore
REFERENCES FOR TROPHIC LEVEL - 1043 and 1033
LIFESTAGE FOOD FOOD PART
General Animals Adult stage
General Molluscs Adult stage
General Osteichthyes Adult stage
General Perciformes Adult stage
General Animals Not Applicable
Important Animals Not Applicable
REFERENCES FOR GENERAL FOOD - 1043
REFERENCES FOR IMPORTANT FOOD - 1033
Food Habits - 1 (DRAFT) - Environment Associations
Species whale, short-finned pilot
Species Id M120017
Date 26 AUG 96
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS
G = General A = Adult
LIM = Limiting RA = Resting Adult
J = Juvenile FA = Feeding Adult
RJ = Resting Juvenile BA = Breeding Adult
FJ = Feeding Juvenile P = Pupae
L = Larvae E = Egg
RL = Resting Larvae
FL = Feeding Larvae
LIFESTAGE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS
G Aquatic Habitat Zonation: Open water [pelagic zone]
G Water Depth Preference: Specified in Comments
LIM Aquatic Habitat Zonation: Open water [pelagic zone]
REFERENCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC_ - 1043
REFERENCES FOR LIMITING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC_ - 1043
COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS -
00290S=found in deep water, from the continental slope out
*1043*
Environment Associations - 1 (DRAFT) - Life History
Species whale, short-finned pilot
Species Id M120017
Date 26 AUG 96
LIFE HISTORY
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: female is 15.5 feet (4.7 m) and the
male is 15-17.5 feet (4.6-5.3 m) long; head is bulbous with no beak;
dorsal fin is blunt, curved and anterior to the middle of the body;
flippers are 1/6 of the body length or less; black with a gray
anchor-shaped patch on chin and some gray on belly; dental formula is
7-9/7-9; vertebral formula is C7+T11+L12+Ca27=57; phalangeal formula is
I:3, II:9, III:9, IV:2, V:1 *1043,1037*; REPRODUCTION: breeds in winter;
gestation period is about 1 year long; 1 offspring/reproductive period/3
years *1043*
REFERENCES FOR LIFE HISTORY- 1043 and 1037
Life History - 1 (DRAFT) - Management Practices
Species whale, short-finned pilot
Species Id M120017
Date 26 AUG 96
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
RESULT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
Beneficial Regulating harvest of species being described
Beneficial Prohibiting harvest of species being described
Beneficial Public education - publicity
Beneficial Public education - law enforcement
Existing Regulating harvest of species being described
Existing Prohibiting harvest of species being described
Existing Public education - publicity
Existing Public education - law enforcement
REFERENCES FOR BENEFICIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - 1048
REFERENCES FOR EXISTING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - 1048
Management Practices - 1 (DRAFT) - References
Species whale, short-finned pilot
Species Id M120017
Date 26 AUG 96
References
276 * Harvey, James T., David L. Stein. 1986. The State of
Scientific Information Relating to the Biology and Ecology of
the Gorda Ridge Study Area, Northeast Pacific Ocean: Nekton.
(0-86-7) (ed.). Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries Portland, Oregon:131.
1029* (ed.). Checklist of Virginia marine mammals. Virginia
Assoc. Res. Campus 12.
1030* Dailey, M.D., Brownell, R.L., Jr. 1972. A checklist of
marine mammal parasites. Mammals of the Sea: Biology and
Medicine Ridgeway, S. H. Charles C. Thomas Publ. Springfield,
Ill:528-529.
1033* Gunderson, H.L. 1976. Mammalogy. McGraw-Hill Inc. New
York, N.Y:117-120.
1037* Nishiwaki, M. 1972. General biology. Mammals of the Sea:
Biology and Medicine Ridgeway, S. H. Charles C. Thomas Publ.
Springfield, Ill:3-204.
1043* Schmidly, D.J. 1981. Marine mammals of the southeastern
United States and the Gulf of Mexico. (41). U.S. Fish and Wildl.
Serv., Off. Biol. Serv. Washington, D.C:163.
1048* Serv., National Marine Fisheries. 1981. Marine mammal
protection act of 1972. Annual report.. U.S. Dep. Comm., Natl.
Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. Washington, D.C:143.
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