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DELPHISTUS CoMPRESsiOAUDUs 1 , Lesson. The Compressed-tailed 



Dolphin. 

 Synonyms Phocesna compressicauda, Lesson, E. Cuvier. 



Tursio compressicaudus, Gray, S. & W., p. 266. 

 Teeth ^, small, about five in an inch. 



Lead-coloured, belly whitish, base of tail compressed on each side. 

 Inhab : Western Coast, Africa. ? 



DELPHESTTS CHAMISSOKIS, Weigm. The White-muzzled Dolphin. 

 Synonyms Delphinus chamissonis, Weigm, Schreber. 



Delphinus albirostratus, Peale, Expl. Exped. 



Dark blue-grey, fins and back nearly black, a dark line connects the 

 corner of the mouth with the pectoral fin ; front and sides dark grey, 

 covered with small vermicular white spots ; end of snout white ; com- 

 missure of the lips pale yellow. 



Inhab : Pacific Ocean. 



DELPHHTUS OBacuEUs 2 , Gray. The Dusky Dolphin. 

 Synonyms Tursio obscurus, Gray, S. & W, p. 264. 

 Clymenia obscura, Gray, Suppl., p. 71. 

 Phocoena australis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. 



Teeth ^| to l^, about five in an inch. 



Colour, black above, with oblique diverging streaks on the sides ; 

 underneath whitish. 

 Inhab : South Pacific. ' 



** Teeth between five and six in an inch. 

 DELPHnrus CLYMEiTE, 3 Gray. The Clymene. 

 Synonyms Delphinus Clymene, Gray, S. & W., p. 249. 

 Clymenia normalis, Gray, Suppl., p. 70. 



Teeth scTo, small, nearly six in an inch. 

 Skull only known. 

 Inhab : ? 



DELPHINUS LATEEALIS*, Peale. The Side-banded Dolphin. 

 Synonyms Delphinus lateralis, Peale TJ. S. Expl. Exped. Gray, 



S. & W., p. 254. 

 Teeth 



A dark-coloured lateral line, edged by spots, separates the colours of 

 the upper and under parts of the body, the latter being of a light 



1 Compressus, compressed, and cauda, the taiL 



a Blackish, dusky. 



3 Clymene. 



* Laterals, belonging to the tide. 



