Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875) . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875:393, 396.

TYPE LOCALITY: "von Seehunden aus Kerguelenland". Restriced by Scheffer (1958) to "Anse Betsy (49°09'S, 70°11 ' E)."

DISTRIBUTION: Islands south of Antarctic convergence (Kerguelen, S Sandwich, S Orkney, Heard, Bouver, S Georgia, S Shetland Isis).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by King (1959a, b). Peters' (1875) original description, based on two specimens, was considered by Allen (1880) as invalid (nomen nudum). A year later Peters (1876) learned the second specimen came from St. Paul or Amsterdam Island and gave it the name Otaria (Arctophoca) elegans . Allen (1892) and King (1959b) considered these as subspecific populations. Placed in Arctocephalus by Repenning et al. (1971).