Feresa attenuata
J. E. Gray, 1874
Pygmy Killer Whale
Distribution :
Worldwide: tropical to warm-temperate waters.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7486
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Cetacea |
| Infraorder | : Odontoceti |
| Superfamily | : Delphinoidea |
| Family | : Delphinidae |
| Subfamily | : Globicephalinae |
| Genus | : Feresa |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1874-09-01. Description of the skull of a new species of dolphin (Feresa attenuata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)14(81):238-239.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Feresa attenuata
Other common names
Slender Blackfish · Slender Pilot Whale
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1874.11.25.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:1672a)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"South Seas."
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
Algeria · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bonaire · Sint Eustatius · Saba · Brazil · Brunei · Cambodia · Cameroon · Cayman Islands · Cocos Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Cote d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Equatorial Guinea · Fiji · France · French Guiana · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Grenada · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Iran · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · North Korea · Liberia · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Marshall Islands · Mauritania · Mayotte · Mexico · Micronesia · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Nauru · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · Nigeria · Niue · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Pitcairn · Portugal · Puerto Rico · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Sint Maarten · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · Suriname · Taiwan · China · Tanzania · Thailand · East Timor · Togo · Tokelau · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · United States · Venezuela · Vietnam · United States Virgin Islands · British Virgin Islands · Wallis and Futuna · Yemen · Angola? · Namibia? · Seychelles? · Tuvalu? · Uruguay? · Vanuatu?
Subregion distribution
USA(HI, AL, FL, LA, MI, TX)
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Country distribution map
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 7 names and synonyms.
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