Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 . Smithson. Mise. Coll., 60(25):1.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "stranded in the outer bank of Bird Island Shoal in the harbor of Beaufort, North Carolina " .

DISTRIBUTION: North Atlantic, South Atlantic coast of South Africa, Australia: temperate waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

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