Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828). Spicil. Zool., 1:2.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope.

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere.

COMMENT: Included in cruciger by Hershkovitz, 1966:65, but considered a distinct species by Rice, 1977; Brownell, 1974, in Brown, et al., eds., Antarctic Mammals, Folio 18, Amer. Geogr. Soc., 19 pp. 11 pls.; IWC, 1975, J. Fish Res. Bd. Can., 32:875-983. Includes fitzroyi; see Rice, 1977.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411002012006001.