Size:
Maximum length: 5.5 m for females and 6.1 m for males; Calves: 1.4 m
Maximum weight: 3.6 tonnes
Features:
- robust
- thick bulbous head
- short sickle-shaped flippers
- large broad-based, falcate dorsal fin rounded at the top
- 7-9 conical teeth on each side of upper and lower jaws
- colour: black, except for a light anchor-shaped patch on the chest extending to the anus; sometimes a grey saddle is located behind the dorsal fin