FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 69. NO. 2 



Figure 1. — Stenella, species A, 166.5-cm female spinner dolphin (SV-3-SL) landed at Barrouallie, St. Vincent, 

 on 24 May 1968. UPPER: lateral view of entire carcass; LOWER: view of head and pectoral region showing 

 prominent features of pigmentation. Photographs made under conditions of adverse lighting several hours after 

 the animal had been harpooned and kept in the sun in an open boat at sea. (Photographs by William A. Huck.) 



it had been in the sun most of the day and had 

 turned essentially black as dolphins often do 

 under such circumstances. The underlying spot- 

 ted pigmentation was, however, like that in the 

 photographs noted below. 



The Caldwells also have a color lateral photo- 

 graph of the anterior part of the body and one 

 of most of the ventral side of a male, apparently 

 an adult (SV-2-SF), taken in early June 1967. 

 Both of these photographs show details of the 



spotted pigmentation, and a black and white 

 reproduction of the one of the head clearly 

 shows this (Figure 3). 



The St. Vincent spotted dolphins we have seen 

 seem best to fit Eraser's (19r)0b) and Nishiwaki's 

 (1965) discussions and illustrations of S. fron- 

 talis (G. Cuvier). We tentatively would as- 

 sign the St. Vincent records to that si)ecies 

 were it not better to refrain from doing so at 

 this time becau.se of the already chaotic taxo- 



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