BLACK FISH. 



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r; , ■ 7/'f ^^'^'^'-"■'^"- t^ENUS GLOBICEPIIALUS . 

 Gio^^aU, Lesson, N. Tab,. R,,„e A„,„., Man^p: .0 



General form of skull somewhat as in Orca buf fh. f 

 of the head high and rounded, owin, o thll . f' ^'^^ 

 of blubber • teeth c„.on • , ^ P^^ ^"^^ °^a mass 



the height being „.uch less than the basa, Ln^th "'"'" 



As in the case of Orca, it is very doubtful whether there is 

 more tnan a s.ngle exsting representative of this genus 



THE P.LOT-WHALE, OR BLACK-FISH. OLOBICEPHALUS 



MELAS. 



I>elth^nu^^^,Mi,,ps, Cuvier, Ann. Mus. vol. xix. p. ^4 



^ff'^'V";''^^' Bell, British Quadrupeds, p. 483 (,837). 



p^to (xST ''"""' ''■ ■^'"- ^'^'" A"'"-' Mamm. 



""'"ttw T ;!~'' ^'^y- Zool. Voy. Erebus and Terror, 

 , .If^' ^"^' ^'"- ^'"'^ ^"<1 ^^''^'e^. Brit. Mus. p! 



(;««.»./,„, Bell, British Quadrupeds, 2nd ed. p. 453 



1874 ; Southwell, British Seals and Whales, p. ,18 



Ubbi); Flower, List Cetacea Brit. Mus. p. 19 (1885). 



Characters.-General colour black, with a whitish stripe along 



the nnddle of the under-parts, expanding on the throat into a 



heart-shaped patch. Length of adult from 16 to 20 feet. 



Di3tribntion._Typically occurring in the North Atlantic, it is 

 probable that the Pilot-Whale has a nearly world-wide dis- 

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