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

by John Edward Gray

Inhab. Bay of Bengal. Black fish.

9. Globiocephalus Sieboldii, Gray, l. c. p. 323.

Inhab. Japan.

10. Globiocephalus chinensis, Gray, l. c. p. 323.

Inhab. China.

11. Globiocephalus sibo, Gray, l. c. p. 323 (sub G. Sieboldii).

Inhab. Japan. Called “Sibo golo.” Purple, with a white spot behind the dorsal fin.

2. SPHÆROCEPHALUS.

Sphærocephalus, Gray, l. c. p. 323; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 9.

Palate of the skull convex, shelving on the sides. Beak oblong, of nearly the same width the greater part of its length.