▁of ▁the ▁long - f inned ▁pilot ▁wh ale , ▁meas uring ▁about ▁ 1 / 6 th ▁of ▁the ▁body ▁length . ▁ ▁Short - f inned ▁pilot ▁wh ales ▁also ▁have ▁fewer ▁teeth ▁– ▁ 7 – 9 ▁in ▁each ▁row ▁– ▁ ▁and ▁a ▁shorter ▁and ▁bro ader ▁ro str um ▁with ▁a ▁pre max illa ▁that ▁covers ▁more ▁of ▁the ▁max illa . ▁Both ▁species ▁exhib it ▁sexual ▁dim orphism ▁and ▁have ▁similar ▁lif esp ans ▁of ▁about ▁ 4 5 ▁years ▁for ▁males ▁and ▁ 6 0 ▁years ▁for ▁females , ▁with ▁long - f inned ▁pilot ▁wh ales ▁being ▁generally ▁larger ▁than ▁short - f inned ▁pilot ▁wh ales . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁species ▁have ▁limited ▁overlap ▁world wide ; ▁long - f inned ▁pilot ▁wh ales ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁cool er ▁temper ate ▁waters , ▁while ▁the ▁distribution ▁of ▁short - f inned ▁pilot ▁wh ales ▁is ▁largely ▁tropical ▁and ▁subt rop ical . ▁ ▁Geographic ▁distribution ▁ ▁Short - f inned ▁pilot ▁wh ales ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁both ▁coast al ▁and ▁pel ag ic ▁waters ▁in ▁temper ate ▁and ▁tropical ▁regions ▁of ▁the ▁Indian , ▁Atlantic , ▁and ▁Pacific ▁O ce ans . ▁Information ▁on ▁the ▁spatial ▁habitat ▁use ▁of ▁pilot ▁wh ales ▁in ▁the ▁north west ▁Atlantic ▁is ▁limited , ▁however ▁short - f inned ▁pilot ▁wh ales ▁are ▁thought ▁to ▁range ▁from ▁the ▁southern ▁end ▁of ▁Georges ▁Bank ▁into ▁the ▁trop ics , ▁over la pping ▁with ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁the ▁long -