Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817) —Blainville’s Beaked Whale

Delphinus densirostris Blainville, 1817 p.178; Type locality- Unknown.

Mesoplodon densirostris: Kuroda, 1938 p.14; Kim et al., 2000 p.82; Kim, 2004 p.235.

Range: The species has a cosmopolitan distribution but is rarely observed in the waters of Korea (Kim 2004; Fig. 88). In February 1998, one adult (4.7 m in length) became stranded at Incheon (west coast; Incheon Coast Guard, unpublished data).

Remarks: The species represents the Subgenus Dioplodon (Nowak 2003) .