Blackfish
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Globicephala
Where to Find
Found in 49 diving areas across 31 countries and 9 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 9 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 20 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 35 records
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 12 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 16 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 3 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 30 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 2 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 8 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 22 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 6 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 28 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 24 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 3 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 4 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 4 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 5 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Sal, Cape Verde - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 1 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1259 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 19 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 9 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records