28 DELPHINUS. TURSIOPS. 



Teeth occupj'ing nearh' all the rostrum, numerous in both jaws, 

 conical, acute, curving; rostrum twice the length of brain case; ptery- 

 goids meeting on median line for their entire length; palate grooved 

 deeply laterally; pectoral fin moderate, falcate. 



41. delphis. {De/phtiiiis), Linn. Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 77. 



fulvo-fasciaiiis, Wagn. Schreb. Saugth., pi. 361, fig. i. 



novcB-zelandicv, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol., Mam., 1830, p. 149. 



jaitira, Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror, 1846, p. 41, pi. 23. 



albritianiis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped., Mam., 1848, v, iii, p. 33. 



algeriensis, Loche. Rev. Mag. Zool., i860, p. 474, pi. 22, fig. i. 



forsteri, Gray, Cat. Cat., 1866, p. 24S. 



major, moorei &= ivalkeri, Gray, Cat. Cat., 1866, pp. 396, 397. 



poiiii'cgm, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. , 1866, vi, p. 23, pis. 6, 8. 



hairilii, Dall. Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Scien., 1873, v, p. 12. 



micro/is, Burm. (nee Gray), Desc. Phys. Argent., 1879, in, p. 534. 



fiisci/s, sowerhianiis, variegaius, batteaius, moschatiis (La Font). 

 Fisch. Act. Soc. Linn. Bord., 1881, v, p. 127, pis. 4, 5, 6. 



marginal iis^ La Font, (nee Pucher). Act. Soc. Linn. Bord., vi, 

 p. 518. 



curvirostris, Riggio, Nat. Sicil., 1883, 11, p. 157, pi. 3. 



Type locality. Coast of Europe. 



Geogr. Distr. Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, etc. 



GcnI. CItar. Body slender, forehead forming an angle to the 

 beak, which is long and slender; dorsal fin in the center of dorsal 

 line, narrow; pectorals three times longer than broad, pointed. 



Color. Very variable. Upper parts black and blackish gray, 

 beneath white or greenish white; black, gray or greenish band from 

 lower jaw to base of pectoral fin; orbital ring black, from which a 

 black band extends forward to the base of the beak. Margin of lower 

 jaw black. Elongated areas of light festoons of gray on sides trav- 

 ersed by two longitudinal bands of gray or greenish gray. 



Measuremcnis. Total length, 1382,-2008; length of pectoral, 

 280,-305; width of flukes, 393,-450: height of dorsal, 177,-203; blow 

 hole to end of nose, 330,-356. 



33. Tursiops. 



?i=Hto?5=?5 ^ 8 to IOC. 



21—21 25 — 25 ^ 



Tursiops. Gerv. Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1855, 11, p. 323. Type D. tiirsio. 

 Fabric. 



Tiirsio, Gray, (nee Wagl). Cat. Seals and Whales, 1866, p. 254. 



Rostrum with moderate taper; no groove in palate; mandibular 

 symphysis short, teeth stout; vertebra, C. 7, D. 13, L. 17, C. 27 = 64. 

 Dorsal lin high, falcate. 



