Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1872:659.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Australasian Sea". No exact locality; probably Amsterdam Isl.
DISTRIBUTION: Islands N. of Antarctic Convergence (Tristan, Gough, Marion, Crozet, Amsterdam, Macquarie Isis.).
COMMENT: Considered conspecific with doriferus by Scheffer, 1958, Seals, sealions, and walruses, Stanford Univ. Press, 179 pp.
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Arctocephalus spp.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301413001001008001.