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

by John Edward Gray

Acanthodelphis spinipinnis, Gray, l. c. p. 304; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 8.

Phocæna spinipinnis, Burmeister, Anales Mus. Buenos Ayres, vol. i. t. 23 (animal), 24 (skull).

Inhab. Coast of Brazil.

16. NEOMERIS.

Neomeris, Gray, l. c. p. 306; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 8.

Dorsal fin none. Head rounded. Teeth compressed, slightly notched in the middle of the crown. Pectoral fin ovate-falcate. The blade bone triangular, with a large coracoid and acromion process. The forearm-bones close together, linear. Metacarpal bones five, large. The hand rather large; the second and third fingers elongate, nearly equal, as long as the arm-bones, the fourth finger shorter, the first shorter, and the fifth very short.

Vertebræ 63:—C. 7. D. 13. L. and C. 43.

1. Neomeris phocænoides.

Neomeris phocænoides, Gray, l. c. p. 306; Synops, Whales & Dolph. p. 8.

“Delphinapterus molagan,” Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. p. 24, a name given to a manuscript note of Mr. Elliot’s!