Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 . Am. Midi. Nat., 70:396, figs. 1-3, 7, 8, 13-15.

TYPE LOCALITY: "La Jolla, California, 32° 51' 41" N. Lat., 117° 15' 19" W. Long."

DISTRIBUTION: North Pacific: temperate waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). Very closely related to bowdoini . Orr believed that this species was synonymous with M. stejnegeri (see Mead et al., 1982). Hubbs (1946) first identified the holotype of this species as M. bowdoini .