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The melon-headed whale is the only member of the genus Peponocephala.First recorded from a specimen collected in Hawaiʻi in 1841, the species was originally described as a member of the dolphin family and named Lagenorhynchus electra by John Edward Gray in 1846.
The melon is structurally part of the nasal apparatus and comprises most of the mass tissue between the blowhole and the tip of the snout. The function of the melon is not completely understood, but scientists believe it is a bioacoustic component, providing a means of focusing sounds used in echolocation and creating a similarity between characteristics of its tissue and the surrounding water ...
Scientific name Status Population Distribution Size Picture Melon-headed whale: Peponocephala electra Gray, 1846: LC: Unknown [o] 225 kg (496 lb) Genus Pseudorca – one species Common name Scientific name Status Population Distribution Size Picture False killer whale: Pseudorca crassidens Owen, 1846: NT: Unknown [p] 1.5–2 t (1.7–2.2 short ...
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) is a marine mammal and dolphin, the only species of the genus Grampus.Some of the most closely related species to these dolphins include: pilot whales (Globicephala spp.), pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata), melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra), and false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens). [5]
Six species of dolphins have the word "whale" in their name, collectively known as blackfish: the orca, or killer whale, the melon-headed whale, the pygmy killer whale, the false killer whale, and the two species of pilot whales, all of which are classified under the family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins). [6]
Globicephalinae is a subfamily of oceanic dolphins that includes the pilot whales (Globicephala spp.), the pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata), the rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis), the false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens), the melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra), Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), and the snubfin dolphins (Orcaella spp.).
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Lagenorhynchus is a genus of oceanic dolphins in the infraorder Cetacea, presently containing six extant species. [3] However, there is consistent molecular evidence that the genus is polyphyletic [4] and several of the species are likely to be moved to other genera.