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Rediscovery of Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei

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F. C. FRASER1 described Lagenodelphis hosei in 1956 from a skeleton collected by E. Hose2 before 1895 on a sea beach in Sarawak. There have been no further records of the species, and its external appearance has remained unknown. We report here the nearly simultaneous, very recent rediscovery of the species in three widely separated areas of the world, and describe its external coloration and form.

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  1. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Center, La Jolla, California

    W. F. PERRIN

  2. Division of Sea Fisheries, Sea Point, Cape Town

    P. B. BEST

  3. School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales

    W. H. DAWBIN

  4. Division of Natural Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, California

    K. C. BALCOMB

  5. Whale Research Unit, National Institute of Oceanography, c/o British Museum (Natural History), London, SW7

    R. GAMBELL

  6. Museum, Snake Park and Oceanarium, Port Elizabeth

    G. J. B. Ross

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PERRIN, W., BEST, P., DAWBIN, W. et al. Rediscovery of Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei. Nature 241, 345–350 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241345a0

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