SIZE.—About seven feet from snout to fork of tail; girth about 3 feet 9 inches.
[NO. 263. DELPHINUS LENTIGINOSUS.]
The Freckled Dolphin.
NATIVE NAME.—Bolla Gadimi, Telegu.
HABITAT.—Madras coast.
DESCRIPTION.—Body fusiform, as in the last, but with smaller pectoral and dorsal but larger caudal fin; the back is straighter and not so much rounded on the shoulders, and the colour is bluish-cinerous or slaty, freckled with small irregular spots of brown or plumbeous, and longitudinal streaks of the same flecked with white; the under parts a shade lighter than rest of the body. The snout is six inches in length.
Dentition: 32—32/32—33 = 129.
SIZE.—Seven to eight feet; girth four feet.
[NO. 264. DELPHINUS MACULIVENTER.]
Spot-bellied Dolphin.
NATIVE NAME.—Suvva.
HABITAT.—Madras coast.