Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum

by John Edward Gray

Lagenorhynchina, Gray, Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 7.

Head attenuated, beaked. Teeth conical. Beak of the skull as long as the length of the brain-case, broad, flat above, edges slightly reflexed and bent up in front of the notch. Nasal triangle elongate. Symphysis of the lower jaw short.

8. ELECTRA.

Electra, Gray, Cat. S. & W. p. 268; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 7.

The beak of the skull very flat above, with the edges in front of the notches bent up. Teeth-line stopping considerably short of the notch.

* Beak of the skull rather longer (about one-third) than the length of the brain-case. Teeth moderate, four in an inch, those of the lower jaw rather larger.

1. Electra obtusa.

B.M.

Lagenorhynchus Electra, Gray, l. c. p. 268; P. Z. S. 1866, p. 216; Zool. E. & T. t. 13.