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Show 1871.] DR. J. ANDERSON ON A NEW CETACEAN. 143 skull. Teeth small, round, conical, pointed, rather closely set and occupying the whole length of the jaw to nearly on a line with the notch. Dentition |§ to f£. Vertebrae 62 to 63. Fig. 1. Orcella brevirostris. ORCELLA BREVIROSTRIS. Phoccena (Orca, Gray, Reinhardt) brevirostris, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol. vi. p. 24 et seq. pl. ix. figs. 1, 2, 3. Globiocephalus indicus, Blyth (in part), Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xix. p. 426, xxi. p. 358, et xxviii. p 490; Cat. M a m . As. Soc. Museum, 1863, p. 89. Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris, Owen ; Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales British Museum, 1866, p. 285. Dorsal fin rather large, rounded, falcate, and situated immediately behind the middle of the body; pectoral fin triangular, rather pointed, moderately broad at the base, posterior margin not emarginate. Upper surface slaty black, paling to grey on the sides and under surface. Skull rather full and rounded behind, moderately broad in front ; rostrum tapering, rather narrow at the base; dentition of adult 4-f-. Hab. Bay of Bengal, Madras coast, occasionally frequenting the tidal streams of the Ganges, seventy or eighty miles from the sea. Fig. 2. Orcella flunvinalis. ORCELLA FLUMINALIS, n. sp. Dolphin of the Irrawaddy, An lerson, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 220 et p. 544. |
