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Family V. DELPHINAPTEEID^). 1 



Without dorsal fin ; head rounded, shelving ; pectoral fin ovate 

 beak of the skull depressed, tapering, rounded at the end ; cervical 

 vertebrae more or less anchylosed (?) ; mandibular symphysis short ; blade- 

 bone connected to the collar and breast bones by unusually enlarged 

 spinal processes. 



Genus DELPHiifAPTEEUS, 1 Lacepede. 



Teeth small, slender, conical acute ; pectoral fin rather slender ; beak 

 of the skull elongate ; palate flat, not laterally grooved behind ; blade- 

 bone very broad, nearly semicircular ; lower jaw longest. 



DELPHLNAPTEEUS PEBONII, Lacepede. Peron's Dolphin. 

 Synonyms Delphimis Peronii, Lacep. ; Cuvier, &c. 

 Delphinapterus leucorJiamphus, Peron. 

 Delphinapterus Peronii, Lesson ; Jardine, Nat. Lib. ; Gray, 



S. & W., p. 276, Suppl. p. 72. 

 Teeth H, to ^, small, curved inwards. 



Colour, upper portion of the body deep black ; the beak, the inferior 

 portion of the sides, including the pectoral fins, with the exception of a 

 brown-black spot on their hinder margins, and the belly, of a pure and 

 dead white ; the two colours distinctly parted from each other. Length, 

 6 feet to 6 feet 4 inches. 



Inhab : South Atlantic ; New Guinea. 



Genus NEOMEEIS, Gray. 



Teeth small, compressed, slightly notched ; pectoral fin ovate, falcate; 

 beak of the skull short ; blade-bone large, triangular. 



PHOC^ENOIDES, Dussumier. The Neomeris. 

 Synonyms Delphinus phoccenoides, Dussum., Cuvier. 

 Delphinapterus melas, Temminek. 



Neomeris phoccenoides, Gray, S. & W., p. 306 ; Suppl., 82. 

 Teeth ^ to ^, compressed, oblique. 

 Colour, black. Length, 4 feet. 

 Inhab : Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Japan, Cape of Good Hope. 



1 delphinus, dolphin, and Hirrtpos, without (dorsal) fin. 



