Figure 154. — Side and belly viewsof a pygmy killer whale from South Africa. Note the slight white coloration of the lips, the white region on the 

 ventral surface (extending up onto the sides just below the dorsal fin), and the falcate sharply pointed dorsal fin. Note also the flippers, which 

 lack the hump on the forward margin characteristic of false killer whales. {Photos courtesy of P. B. Best.) 



Figure 155. — Pygmy killer whales have from 8 to 1 1 teeth in each side of 

 the upper jaw and from 11 to 13 in each side of the lower jaw. Many 

 specimens reportedly have one fewer on the right than on the left side. 

 The teeth are smaller than those of the false killer whale and far less 

 numerous than those of the more closely sized many-toothed blackfish. 

 Note also the white lips. {Photo courtesy of P. B. Best.) 



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