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melon-headed whale
Sign in to saveAlso known as Peponocephala electra, electra dolphin, little killer whale, many-toothed blackfish
species of mammal
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 430 inbound references to melon-headed whale, and connects out to Ziphiidae, Delphinidae and Cetacea.
It is catalogued under topics including Cetaceans of the Atlantic Ocean, Cetaceans of the Indian Ocean and Cetaceans of the Pacific Ocean.
Vinony links it to 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernblackfish
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetartiodactyla
- FamilyDelphinidae
Maximum longevity: 47 years (wild)
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Peponocephala electra Mayotte.jpg
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- taxon name
- Peponocephala electra
- Commons category
- Peponocephala electra
- Commons gallery
- Peponocephala electra
- taxon common name
- 瓜头鲸
- gestation period
- 365
- sequenced genome URL
- www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Peponocephala_electra
- taxon author citation
- (J.E. Gray, 1846)
- short name
- P. electra
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Encyclopedic overview
The melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra), also known less commonly as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, or many-toothed blackfish, is a toothed whale of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). The common name is derived from the head shape. Melon-headed whales are widely distributed throughout deep tropical and subtropical waters worldwide, but they are rarely encountered at sea. They are found near shore mostly around oceanic islands, such as Hawaii, French Polynesia, and the Philippines.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “melon-headed whale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.