Size:

Maximum length: 2.6 m; Calves: 0.85 m
Maximum weight: 135 kg

Features:

• slender
• medium to long beak
• tall, slightly falcate dorsal fin
• triangular flippers with a pointed tip
• gently tapering tail
• 40 - 61 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw
• colour: dark brownish grey back, white belly, tan anterior flank; characteristic hourglass pattern on its side; lips are dark; strip from the apex of its melon to encircle the eye; dark strip from its chin to flipper