False killer whale

Pseudorca crassidens

Category: Whales & Dolphins

IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Pseudorca

Where to Find

Found in 41 diving areas across 28 countries and 9 regions.

Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
South Australia, Australia - 3 records
Victoria, Australia - 2 records
Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 26 records
Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 2 records
Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 3 records
Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 11 records
Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 10 records
Carriacou, Grenada - 3 records
Southwest Coast, Grenada - 3 records
Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 12 records
Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 1 records
Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 5 records
Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
Grande Comore, Comoros - 4 records
Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 8 records
Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
Inner Islands, Seychelles - 13 records
Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 63 records
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 4 records
Azores, Portugal - 615 records
Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 2 records
Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 153 records
Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 4 records
Socorro Islands, Mexico - 14 records
Deep South, Egypt - 2 records
El Gouna, Egypt - 7 records
Hurghada, Egypt - 8 records
Marsa Alam, Egypt - 5 records
Safaga, Egypt - 4 records
Eilat, Israel - 3 records
Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records