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DELPHINUS POMEEGBA, Owen. The Pomeegra Dolphin. 



Synonyms DelpTiinus Pomeegra, Owen. Trans. Zool. Soc., vol. 6, p. 23. 



Gray. Suppl. S. and "W., p. 69. 

 Teeth *^g, about five in an inch. 



The upper portion of the body is of a shining deep leaden colour, 

 almost black, becoming lighter on the abdominal parts. It is described 

 as a small cetacean. The symphysis of mandible is less than one-sixth of 

 length of ramus. 



Inhab : coasts of Madras. 



** Teeth between five and six in an inch. 



DELPHDOJS OBLIQTJIDENS, Cope. 



Synonyms Delphinus obliquidens. Cope, Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1869. 



Gray, Suppl. S and W., p. 69. 

 Teeth ? 

 Inhab : North Pacific. 



DELPHHOIS SAO, Gray. The Sao. 

 Teeth small, cylindrical, hooked. 

 Inhab : Madagascar. Prom a skull in the Paris Museum. 



DEPHENTJS FBITHII, Blyth. Prith's Dolphin. 



Synonyms DelpJiinus Frithii, Blyth. Asiat. Soc. Calcutta. 



Gray, S. & W., p. 248. 



Skull in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. 

 Inhab : " Procured during a voyage from England to India." 



*** Teeth six in an inch. 

 DELPHINUS, WALKEBI Gray. Walker's Dolphin. 



m .-, 47-47 . . ! 



Teeth gqs, six in an inch. 



" The pectoral fin, snout, the dorsal fin, a wavy streak from base of 

 beak to eye, and upper surface of tail, black ; sides of the face and 

 body to near the base of the tail, grey, with an elongated triangular 

 patch beginning below the pectoral fin and extending near to the base 

 of the tail, the broadest part over the vent. Chin and beneath, as high 

 as the base of the pectoral fin, and to the vent, white. Length from 

 end of snout to tip of tail 6 feet 7| inches." Gray, S. & W.,p. 397. 



Inhab. South Atlantic Ocean. 



