(Globicephala macrorhynchus)

Name in English: Short-finned Pilot Whale
Name in Spanish: Calderón Tropical
Name in German:  Rundkopfdelfin
Size: 3.00-5.00m in length
Weight: 00-1500Kg Kg

Distribution and habitat: The pilot whale is a sociable species with a wide distribution in tropical and temperate waters around the world – generally in deep waters off the coast (between 300m and more than 1000m). It lives between 40° S and 50° N. The social unit is made up of groups of between 12 and 15 specimens, and sometimes many more, segregated by sexual status and degree of development.

Descripción: The pilot whale is black to dark gray in colour with a thick tail, bulbous head and a broad sickle-shaped dorsal fin. On the belly, the pilot whale has a light gray-white patch and a fiery mark behind the eye.