Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876:9.
TYPE LOCALITY: New Zealand, Chatham Isl., Waitangi Beach .
DISTRIBUTION: Temperate southern oceans, cold temperate waters.
COMMENT: One specimen found in the Netherlands; see Boschma, 1950, Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. B Palaeontol. Geol. Phys. Chem., 53:779 (JGM, DWR).
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .
ISIS NUMBER: 5301411005004007001.