Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 8:116.

TYPE LOCALITY: New Zealand, Wellington, "killed in Tatai [sic] Bay, Cook's Straits" (= Titai Bay) .

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere, North Pacific: temperate waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: knoxi .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c).