ted dolphins) Go to 35

b. More than 40 teeth in each upper and lower jaw Go to 36

NOTE: Characters in paragraph 35 are usable only on fresh specimens.
Spotted dolphins in advanced stages of decomposition can be
distinguished only with museum preparation and examination.

35. a. Bridle present (dark lines from eye to rostrum and from
flippers to corner of mouth); cape on head distinct; no spinal
blaze.
Bridled dolphin, p. 108

b. Bridle absent though there is a light line from the flipper to
the eye; cape indistinct; spinal blaze.
Atlantic spotted dolphin, p. 104

36. a. From 46-65 small, sharply pointed teeth; body dark gray on
back, tan to light gray on sides, white on belly; beak dark gray
or black above, white below, and often black-tipped; body to
about 7 feet (2.1 m).
Spinner dolphin, p. 110

b. From 40 to 50 teeth in each upper and lower jaw Go to 37

37. a. Body to 9 feet (2.7 m); black to dark gray on back, gray on
sides, white on belly; distinctive black stripes from eye to
anus, eye to flipper, and dark dorsal coloration to side above
flipper.
Striped dolphin, p. 113

b. Body to 8.5 feet (2.6 m) but usually less than 7.5 feet (2.3
m); body dark on back with light thoracic patch and crisscross or
hourglass pattern on side; black stripe from middle of lower jaw
to origin of flipper.
Saddleback dolphin, p. 116

[Footnote 18: Counts of ventral grooves are made between the flippers
and do not include shorter grooves often found on the side of the head
and on the side above the flippers.]

[Footnote 19: Blue whale has faint lateral ridges.]

[Footnote 20: By feeling between the lower jaws on the ventral surface
and moving the finger forward towards the tip of the snout, one can feel
the point at which the two lower jaws become united (called the
symphysis). This location is an important reference point in
distinguishing among the species separated in paragraphs 14, 15, and
16.]

APPENDIX D

RECORDING AND REPORTING DATA ON STRANDED CETACEANS

So that measurements of cetaceans taken at different times and at widely
divergent locations can be compared, the measurements and the m