Class IV. GLADIATOR DOLPHIN. 99 



Delphinus dorsi pinna altissi- Crantzs Greenland. 152. 4. Gladi- 



ma, dentibus subconicis pa- L'Epee de mer. Brisson. Cet. ator. 



rum incurvis. Muller Zool. 235. 



Dan. 8. Le Daupbin gladiateur. De la 

 Delphinus Orca. £. Gm. Lin. Cepede. Hist, des Cet. 302. 



231. tab. 5. Jig. 5. 



Martens Spitzbergen. 84. 



[THIS is chiefly distinguished from the pre- 

 ceding species, of which it has been considered 

 as a variety, by the situation and form of the 

 dorsal fin, it being placed near the head, and 

 its shape resembling that of a sabre. The 

 snout is short and apparently truncated ; the 

 jaws of equal length ; the teeth sharp ; the 

 pectoral fin is above two yards in length, 

 and one in breadth; the tail exceeds ten feet 

 between the extremities of the two lobes. The 

 color of the upper part of the body is dark 

 brown approaching to black ; that of the under 

 side a pure white ; a black band extends from 

 the tail towards the pectoral fin ; between the 

 eye and the dorsal fin is a white crescent. 



Six of these fish came up the Thames in, 

 1793, one of which, after making considerable 

 resistance, was taken near Greemvich ; it mea- 

 sured thirty-one feet in length and twelve in its 

 greatest circumference. Ep. 



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