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Order CETACEA 



Family DELPHINIDAE 



Tursiops gilli Dall 



Cowfish 



Original description — Tursiops gillii Dall. Proc. Cal. Acad. 

 Sci., 5, April, 1873, p. 13. 



Type localitx — Monterey, California (fide True, Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 36," 1889, p. 43). 



Range — The ocean and bays coastwise (Scammon, Marine 

 Mammals, 1874, p. 101). 



Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 

 Common Dolphin 



Original description — Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, Syst. 

 Nat, 1, 1758, p. 77. 



Type locality — North Atlantic Ocean near Europe. 



Synonym — Delphimis bairdii Dall, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 5, April, 1873, pp. 12, 13 (types from Point Argiaello, Santa 

 Barbara County, California) ; Baird Dolphin. 



Range — The ocean and bays coastwise (Scammon, Marine 

 Mammals, 1874, p. 99; True, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 36, 1889, 

 p. 52). 



Lissodelphis borealis (Peak) 



Northern Right Whale Porpoise 



Original description — Dclphinaptcrus borealis Peale, U. S. 

 Explor. Exped., 8, 1848, p. 35, "pi. 8, fig. 2." 



Type locality — North Pacific Ocean, lat 46° 6' 50", long. 

 134° 5' W. 



Synonyms — Lencorhamphns borealis; Tursio borealis. 



Range — The ocean coastwise from San Diego Bay north- 

 wards (Scammon, Marine Mammals, 1874, p. 101). 



Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill 

 Striped Porpoise 



Original description — Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., September, 1865, pp. 177, 178. 

 Type locality — San Francisco. California. 



