Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958 . Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 13:77.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Kanagawa Pref., Oiso Beach .

DISTRIBUTION: Tropical to warm temperate waters of the North Pacific and Indian Oceans off Japan, Taiwan, California (U.S.A.), and Sri Lanka.

COMMENT: Includes hotaula; see Moore and Gilmore, 1965, Nature, 205(4977):1239- 1240.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411005004006001.