Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Globicephala brachycephala Cadenat, 1957, Globicephala chinensis Gray, 1866, Globicephala indica Blyth, 1852, Globicephala macrorhyncha Fraser, 1950, Globicephala mela Morice, 1958, Globicephala melas scammonii Tomilin, 1957, Globicephala scammoni Sowerby, 1926, Globicephala scammonii Kuroda, 1938, Globicephala scamonii Nishiwaki, 1957, Globicephala sieboldii Gray, 1846, Globicephala ventricosa Lacépède, 1804, Globicephalus brachypterus Cope, 1876, Globicephalus macrorhynchus Gray, 1846, Globicephalus scammoni Dall, 1874, Globicephalus scammonii Cope, 1869, Globicephalus sibo Gray, 1871, Globiceps macrorhynca Flower, 1884, Globiocephala macrorhyncha Gibson Hill, 1950, Globiocephalus guadaloupensis Gray, 1871, Globiocephalus intermedius Van Beneden & Gervais, 1868-79, Globiocephalus propinquus Malm, 1871 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Migrant

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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