DELPHINUS. 



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Habitat. Cosmopolitan 1 Tasmania (Flower). 



Dimensions. Total length generally from six to eight feet, 

 sometimes as much as ten feet. 



References. Gray, B.M. Catal. Seals and Whales, p. 242 ; Scott, 

 Seals and Whales, p. 72. 



2. DELPHINUS NOV^E-ZEALANDI^E, Quoy & Gaim. (1832-4). 

 New Zealand Dolphin. 



Teeth ^i'li- Body rounded in front, tapering behind, becoming 

 much compressed and carinated above from about half-way 

 between the end of the dorsal and the caudal fins ; snout narrow, 

 cylindrical, depressed above, pointed in front. Upper part of 

 body glossy rich black to half-way between dorsal and tail, beyond 

 which the entire body is dark slate color ; edge of upper jaw, 

 lower jaw, and belly dull whitish ; pectorals blackish above, 

 whitish below ; dorsal dull whitish or leaden-gray in the middle, 

 the margins darker ; eye margined with black, from which a 

 narrow black white-edged band extends forwards to join the black 

 of the head ; a large dull ochraceous patch, tapering behind, from 

 the eye to beneath the hinder margin of the dorsal. Palate deeply 

 concave along each side behind. (McCoy.) 



Dimensions. Total length up to at least seven feet. 



Habitat. Southern coasts of Australia ; Tasmania New 

 Zealand. 



References. Gray, B.M. Catal. Seals and Whales, p. 246; Quoy 

 k Gaim. Voy. Astrolabe, Mamm. pi. xxviii. fig. 1 ; McCoy, Prodr. 

 Zool. Viet. dec. iii. pi. xxii. 



3. DELPHINUS FULVIFASCIATUS, Hombr. & Jacq. (1842 et seq.). 



Dusky-banded Dolphin. 



Teeth HiH- Blackish ; sides of back fulvous ; throat and 

 beneath white ; beak, orbit, streak from angle of mouth to pectoral 

 fin blackish. Palate deeply channeled on each side behind. 



Habitat. Tasmania. 



References. Gray, B.M. Catal. Seals and Whales, p. 253, and 

 Suppl. p. 68 ; Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Dumont d'Urville, pis. xxi. 

 fig. 1 and xxiii. figs. 1, 2. 



4. DELPHINUS FORSTEEI, Gray (1845). 



Forster's Dolphin. 



Teeth H;H-. Body round, thickest behind ; pectoral tapering 

 at both ends ; head rounded, shelving in front, beaked ; beak 

 straight, pointed, cylindrical, depressed, attenuated and blunt at 

 the tip. Above dark rust color, beneath dirty white. 



