Orca

IUCN global conservation status: Insufficient data
ACCOBAMS/IUCN global conservation status: Critically Endangered
Mediterranean: OccasionalBlack Sea: Absent

                                                                                                                                                

 

Name:

   Scientific:

Either from the name of a god having to do with death, Orcus, or from Greek orkunos = the
largest tuna.

   Common:

Inspired to the species’ feeding habits and its spectacular hunting techniques.