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

by John Edward Gray

Family 3. MEGAPTERIDÆ. Humpbacked Whales.

Megapterina, Gray, l. c. p. 113.

Megapteridæ, Gray, Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2.

Dorsal fin low, broad; pectoral fin very long, with four very long fingers of many phalanges. Vertebræ 50 or 60; cervical vertebræ often anchylosed. Lateral process of the axis tardily ossified. Neural canal large, high, triangular. Ribs 14 or 15.

1. MEGAPTERA.

Megaptera, Gray, l. c. pp. 113, 117; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2; Lilljeborg, N. Acta Upsal. 1867, vi.

Bladebone without acromion or coracoid process. Body of cervical vertebræ subcircular.

1. Megaptera longimana.

B.M.

Megaptera longimana, Gray, l. c. pp. 119 (fig.), 373; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2.