Alula Whale

Unknown CETACEAN of the Indian Ocean.
Etymology: After Alula, an alternate name for Caluula, a village on the Gulf of Aden in Somalia. 
Physical description: Sepia-brown variety of killer whale. Length, 20 feet. High, rounded forehead. White, star-shaped scars. Dorsal fin is about 2 feet high. 
Distribution: Gulf of Aden. 
Significant sighting: W. F. J. Mörzer Bruyns watched as many as four of these whales at a time pass by his ship in the eastern Gulf of Aden. 
Possible explanation: A subspecies of killer whale (Orcinus orca). 
Source: W. F. J. Mörzer Bruyns, Field Guide of Whales and Dolphins (Amsterdam: Tor, 1971).
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