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Scientific Name: Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846
English Name: Short-finned Pilot Whale
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Delphinidae
Description:
Their features include a small, beak-like nose, round, bulging forehead, and slender, pointed flippers. Big melon, pointed beak, light flame from ocular to genital. wide, rounded dorsal fin that faces the center.The dorsal fin resembles the nose of a witch or the cap of a smurf.Pectoral fins: long and thin, one-sixth the length of the body.notable arching tailstock at the surface
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Mondreti R, Davidar P, Ryan PG, Thiebot JB, Gremillet D (2020) SEABIRD AND CETACEAN OCCURRENCE IN THE BAY OF BENGAL ASSOCIATED WITH MARINE PRODUCTIVITY AND COMMERCIAL FISHING EFFORT Marine Ornithology 48: 91–101 (2020)
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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