Chief Blackfish, a Shawnee leader of the 18th century.
Category: Fish common name disambiguation
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Pygmy killer whale, slender blackfish
Feresa attenuata
These are possibly the most aggressive of cetaceans. Pygmy killer whales caught and housed in dolphinariums have been known to attack humans and other dolphins.
Subspecies
None.
Blackfish
Q: While fishing yesterday I saw a large jet black animal in the ocean with a curved dorsal fin. The locals called it a blackfish but I could not find any information on this generic name. Any idea what I saw?
Also called Blackfish.
The small blow of the Pilot Whale is very small and often not seen from a distance. It can be seen in this photo and the one below.
Identification ...
Also known as:
Blackfish, Pothead, Pacific Pilot Whale, Shortfin Pilot Whale
Sexual Dimorphism:
Males are larger than females.
A juvenile Rock Blackfish being cleaned by a Stripey
A juvenile Rock Blackfish in a rockpool,Wollongong
A juvenile Rough Leatherjacket
A juvenile Scalloped Ribbonfish
A juvenile Scalloped Ribbonfish at Maui ...
They are sometimes referred to as blackfish, a group including Pilot whales, Pigmy and False killer whales and Melon headed whales.
The tautog, or blackfish, an important food fish of the S New England coast, is a sluggish fish that hibernates in cold weather.
The Killer Whale or "Orca" is also known as the "Blackfish", "Grampus", and because large males display a tall dorsal fin, the "Sword Fish".
Description ...
Other Names
Orca Falsa, Blackfish
Size
Maximum length: 5m - 6m. Weight: 1300 kg ...
Melon-headed whales are also known by the common names little killer whales and many-toothed blackfish. They are known commonly as elektra tmavá, plískavice Elektra, or plískavice tmavá in Czech, and calderón in Spanish.
Six of the larger species in the Delphinidae, the Orca and the Pilot, Melon-headed, Pygmy Killer and False Killer Whales, are commonly called whales, rather than dolphins. They are also sometimes collectively known as "blackfish".
Whales include the Blue whale, Fin whale, Sei whale, Southern right whale, Humpback whale, Minke whale, Sperm whale, Killer whale or Orca, Southern bottlenose whale, Blackfish, Dusky dolphin, Cruciger dolphin, and Spectacled porpoise.
One morning the small blackfish was found dead. Autopsy revealed that it had been killed by a single powerful blow " possibly a lethal butt from the pygmy killer whale to the temporal region of the cranium.
 See also: Whale, Dolphin, Squid, Killer Whale, Pilot whale
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