Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) . Mem. Queensl. Mus., 8(3):269, pl. 43.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, "found at Mackay" .

DISTRIBUTION: Indian Ocean and W South Pacific: tropical waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c); known only from two skulls, the second from Somalia. Commonly included in Mesoplodon (Heyning, 1989a; J. G. Mead, 1989c).