Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 9:178.

TYPE LOCALITY: None given, unknown .

DISTRIBUTION: World-wide: temperate to tropical waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: seychellensis.

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