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Capt. C.F. E. Andersen "Hogumau no.s"
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no.32 Phocena n.sp.? June 18/10 Ribarea
This porpoise was not seen by me
until the 22nd having been killed four
days. The station master had the intestines
removed, by cutting down the median
line of the belly. The rest of
the specimen remained intact
until my return, when I photo-
tographed, measured & described
it. I have compared the specimen,
point by point with Tove's figure
of Phocena dalli published in
this "Delphinidae" and find the
following differences.
1. The white area on the sides of
P. dalli begins anteriorly about
opposite the anterior edge of the dorsal
fin. In this specimen the white
side area extends forward to a point
slightly beyond anterior the insertion of the
pectoral fins.
2. In P. dalli the upper edge of the white
area is almost on a line from the
corner of the mouth to the pectoral. In
this specimen, the upper edge of the white
area is considerably above such a line.
3. In our specimen the lower edge of
the peduncle, just anterior to the pectoral
inserted there is a patch of gray marked
with short horizontal black lines. This