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Fraser, 1950, Atlantide Rep., 1: 64 [S. Atlantic (type locality: near 

 the Abrolhos Bank, 16°44' S., 35°10' W.)]. 

 Delphinus plagiodon Cope, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philidephia, 18: 296 

 [type skull in U.S. National Museum, no. 3884; type locality un- 

 known].— Poole and Schantz, 1942, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 178: 113 

 [type history]. 

 Prodelphinus plagiodon, True, 1885, Rep. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1884: 323, 324, 

 pis. 4, 6 (skull) [comparisons].— True, 1889, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 36: 

 62, 64, 66, 67, [N. Atlantic: U.S.A. (Hatteras, North Carolina; Pensa- 

 cola, Florida); characters; comparisons]. — Beddard, 1900, Book of 

 whales, p. 259 [characters]. — Fraser, in Norman and Fraser, 1938, 

 Giant fishes, whales and dolphins, p. 332 [characters]. 

 Prodelphinus? plagiodon, True, 1889, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 36: 164, pi. 

 18, fig. 1 (animal), fig. 2 (skull) [N. Atlantic: U.S.A.: (Coast and Gulf 

 of Mexico)]. 

 Stenella plagiodon, Kellogg, 1940, Nat. Geogr. Mag., 77: 83, pi. 19 (animal) 

 [characters; distribution]. — Fraser, 1950, Atlantide Rep., 1: 64 

 [characters; comparisons; Delphinus pernettensis Blainville "has affini- 

 ties"].— Moore, 1953, Midi. Nat., 49: 130, fig. (animal) [N. Atlantic: 

 U.S.A. (Florida)].— Miller and Kellogg, 1955, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 205: 656 [N. Atlantic: Panama (Golfo de San Bias)].— Caldwell, 

 1960, Journ. Mammal., 41 : 134 [N. Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico ; charac- 

 ters; behavior]. 

 Prodelphinus doris, True (not Gray), 1885, Rep. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1884: 

 318, pis. 1, 2 (animal), pis. 3, 5 (skull) [Atlantic: U.S.A. (Pensacola, 

 Florida ; Cape Hatteras, North Carolina) ; characters ; comparisons ; 

 taxonomy; Delphinus Pernetyi [sic] Blainville probably the same]. 

 Type: Name based on dolphin described and figured by Pernetty (1764, 

 Voyage iles Malouines, p. 99, pi. 11, fig. 1). 



Type locality: First sighted 6°43' N., 25°17' W. ; one caught at 

 16°44' S., 35°10' W., i.e., in the neighborhood of the Abrolhos Bank off 

 coast of Brazil (Pernetty, 1769, Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux 

 Iles Malouines en 1763 et 1764, pp. 77, 122, 123). 



Distribution : North Atlantic : from off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 

 south through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea ; South Atlantic : 

 from off the coast of Brazil. 



Genus DELPHINUS Linnaeus 



Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1 : 77 [included species: 

 phocoena (=Phocoena phocoena), delphis, orca (=Orcinus orca)]. — Flower, 

 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1883: 166, 500 [taxonomy]. — True, 

 1889, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 36: 44, 160 [taxonomy].— Kellogg, 1928, 

 Quart. Rev. Biol., 3: 33 et seq. [history; relationships]. — Winge, 1942, 

 Interrelat. Mamm. Gen., 3: 251, 285 [characters; classification]. — 



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