Beak of the skull broad behind, once and three-fourths the width of the notch in length. Teeth five in an inch.
Inhab. South Pacific Ocean.
In the Museum of Wellington, New Zealand, a complete skeleton.
| ft. | in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Total length | 5 | 1·0 |
| Cervical vertebræ seven, anchylosed | 0 | 1·3 |
| Dorsals fourteen | 0 | 11·5 |
Lumbar and caudal forty-eight, thirty-four of which have processes, and may be considered lumbars.
| in. | |
|---|---|
| Skull:— | |
| Length, total | 14·0 |
| Length of beak | 7·5 |
| Width at notch | 3·5 |
| Width at orbits | 6·0 |
| Width of intermaxillary at blow-hole | 2·7 |
| Width at middle of beak | 2·5 |
| Height of occiput | 5·7 |
| Length of flappers | 12·0 |
| Scapula, transverse diameter | 4·5 |
| Scapula, longitudinal diameter | 6·5 |
This specimen was harpooned outside Wellington Harbour, and appears to be the common Dolphin of the coast.
Lower jaws of two others.
7. Electra crucigera.
Lagenorhynchus cruciger, Gervais, Ostéogr. Cét. tab. 36. fig. 3.