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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Peponocephala
Nishiwaki & Norris, 1966
- many-toothed blackfish, melon-headed whale
(mammal)
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Entity:
Globicephalinae (Subfamily)
..Feresa (Genus) - pygmy killer whale
..Globicephala (Genus) - pilot whales
..Grampus (Genus) - Risso's dolphin
..Orcaella (Genus)
..†Platalearostrum (Genus)
..†Protoglobicephala (Genus)
..Pseudorca (Genus) - false killer whale
..Steno (Genus) - rough-toothed dolphin
..Peponocephala (Genus) - many-toothed blackfish, melon-headed whale
....Peponocephala electra (Species) - melon-headed whale
Authorship
Original name
:
Nishiwaki & Norris, 1966:95-99.
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Types
Type, by original designation
:
Peponocephala electra
(Gray, 1846)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Lagenorhynchus
(Genus)
Gray, 1846
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
many-toothed blackfish, melon-headed whale
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