Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 . Zool. Voy. H.M.S. "Erebus" and "Terror", 1:33.

TYPE LOCALITY: "South Seas" .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: tropical and warm-temperate waters; cold-temperate waters of the N Pacific, where it appears to stray as far north as the Gulf of Alaska (Pike and MacAskie, 1969).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: brachypterus, scammonii, sieboldii .

COMMENTS: See Van Bree (1971).