52 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



It was originally described by Prof. E. D. Cope from a speci- 

 men caught by fishermen at the mouth of the Maurice river, 

 Cumberland county, N. J., February, 1876. 



A skull of the species is also recorded by Prof. Cope from 

 Delaware Bay (Delaware Shore) in 1866. 



Globicephahts sp. nov. Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 

 1866, p. 7. 



Glohicephalus brachyptera Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1876, p. 129. — Rhoads, Mam. Pa, and N. J., 1903, p. 22. 



Genus Grampus Gray. 



Grampus griseus (Cuvier). 



Grampus, Cowfish. 



Plate 12. 



Length, 10 feet. Similar to the Blackfish, with the same high 

 forehead, but recognized by the higher back fin and the absence 

 of teeth in the upper jaw. Color dark gray above, lighter below 

 and on the head, sides with lighter stripes, and flippers black, 

 mottled with gray. Teeth, 6 to 14 on each side in the lower jaw. 



According tO' Dr. True there is a New Jersey specimen of this 

 animal in the National Museum collection, which was stranded 

 at Atlantic City February 2d, 1887, another, he informs Mr. 

 Rhoads, was found on Brigantine Beach March 31st, 1895. 



It seems, however, to be a rare species on our coast. 



Grampus griseus True, Bull U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 36, 1889, 

 p. 183. — Rhoads, Mam. Pa. and N. J., 1903, p. 21. 



Genus Phoc^na Cuvier. 



Phocaena phocaena (Linnaeus). 



Harbor Porpoise, Herring Hog. 



Plate 13, Fig. i. 



Length, 5 feet. Head rounded in front, no beak or snout. 

 Fin of the back more triangular than in the Dolphins. Color 



