Crantzs Greenland. 152. 



4. Gladi- 



L'Epee de mer. Brisson. Cet. 



ator. 



235. 





Le Dauphin gladiateur. De la 





Cepede. Hist, des Cet. 302. 





tab. 5. Jig. 5. 





Class IV. GLADIATOR DOLPHIN. 99 



Delphinus dorsi pinna altissi- 

 ma, dentibus subconicis pa- 

 rum incurvis. Muller Zool. 

 Dan. 8. 



Delphinus Orca. #. Gm. Lin. 

 231. 



Martens Spitzlergen. 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 Greenwich ; it mea- 

 sured thirty-one feet in length and twelve in its 

 greatest circumference. Ed. 



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