Orcaella brevirostris (Gray, 1866) . Cat. Seals Whales Brit. Mus., p. 285, fig. 57.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Inhab. East coast of India, the harbour of Vizagapatam" (= Vishakhapatnam Harbor, in Bay of Bengal) .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Asia, N Australia and Papua New Guinea: tropical coastal waters and large rivers.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Insufficiently known.

SYNONYMS: fluminalis .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Marsh et al. (1989).