Translation 2783

;outhern Criant lsot'':le-nosed 1;hale
(perardi.us arnuxi Dùvernoy, 1051)
..... 193
in ex.l.ernal appeararlce this si)ecie s. is very siwilar to the
I.orth â'acific j;iant bot tle-nosed whale 5-)) ; there are difîererlces
in some measur.eraen-cs of body parts. -;.'he ileau i: as inucil as
one---eventYl of the body :I.enq.;th, and the sl;i•ead of tile i'lu_:es. is i;:L'eater
th^!.rl in :0, bo,a.rdi. .he :.axilnul.l lerl^;tll of sout;lcrll Gie.ni; boi,tle--•
nocecl w'rla,lr.s is ton eletx-es.
P)Ic. 53. !;.er-colourecï, usually
grey.
j:hore are grey-blue spotU on the siües.
'.l'h:ls species is found only in tfle soutnern lle:aispilere. It
c,cr_,,,rs ;.r,
the wi7.,Lr?rs of Arl sti°ali:lz, 'r.Pw 2,es.land, -l;,l(1 'r'al:kla.nd Islands,
the South Shetland Islands, etc,
Its biolory has not been studied. It is of no ecoliolaic_ value.
ùometimes it is erroneously confused with iiect:or' s beaked
wcale, },resoplodon mirus '.l'rue, 1913, which ^unlil:.e otiier bealcec, whales)
also has two pairs of teotii at t-ne tip of, the snout. ( ^rans].ator' w
I1o'Le:
Neither the text nor the list in 4ppenciix 5,rllalces any further
mention of iTec tor' s beaked wimle or of Eie,^oplodcin lni.rus. )
Genus 1erooàon.I,acepede, 1804 (.soti;le-nosecl '.;hales)
The llead of tlie.:e trllales occupies up to one--fifth of the
body length. •j:he fatty cushion is f;reatly devclôped and descends
very abruptly to the base of the béak, as a. result of w;lich trie bealc,
which it,. CorliCc,l in shahe., 1s more 1)rC>lalnerlt trta11 i t is in ot11i?T
j,enerra, of this family. Att.he front end of lo%,rc:r jaw t,lei•e is a
sin-le pair of teeth, not more tr:,lrl '.5 c)1
are not coverecl
by ttle un,pe-r ja.w. secoue pl..ir of •t•cet;: is oolnei;il:lr:.: cllt il, L^r11e ,
but in fr;m: les -t;lley romain llic«i( 11 i.n t.lr: t;u:lù.
'1:1'1:3.fI
cf)11ttL11nü two J1)lDci('L•)