FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



False Killer. — Pseudorca crassidens (Owen). 



Total length about i6 feet. Found in all seas; recorded 

 from Florida. 



Genus Globicephala 



Color black. 



Blackfish; Pilot Whale; Ca'ing Whale. — Globicephala melcena 

 (Traill). 

 Total length about 15 to 19 feet. Found along the Atlantic 

 coast of North America to New Jersey. 



Fig. 142. Blackfish 



Short-finned Blackish.— Globicephala brachyptera (Cope). 

 Total length about 15 feet. Pectoral fins shorter than in 

 melcena, about one-sixth the total length of the body, or less. 

 Found on the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to the Gulf of 

 Mexico. Plate XLVIII. 



Scammon Blackfish; North Pacific Blackfish. — Globicephala 

 scammonii (Cope). 

 Much like brachyptera; pectoral fins a trifle longer propor- 

 tionally. Total length about 15 feet. Found in the North 

 Pacific Ocean. 



[43. Scammon Blackfish 

 Genus Phocasna 



Color above slaty black, below lighter (females white below) ; 



color never in spots. 



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