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140
Depths between flukes arms 190
Lower jaw extends beyond upper 30
Number throat furrows 68
Length of head (tip to bead ridina) 2.05
No. 26 D Humphreys, Kyngust B.C., June 27-08
I did not take detailed measurements of this
whale - one side of the flukes, the left had
been lost.
Total length 13.68
Length left lobe flukes apically: 2.45?
greatest breadth (ant.-post.) 11/2
below
Left side of flukes has base at insertion
black - rest of flukes shining white except
a narrow black edging on posterior margin
and some on anterior. The other lobe is
like the left, as far as it is preserved.
Blown fluke is black with a small irregular
white patch in center along posterior edge.
The posterior edge is scalloped with
short deep emarginations - these
crenulations are longest & shallowest
near proximal half of fluke; lateral bay
has the scallops short & tips sharp -
notch is deep & V shaped like this,
posterior edge is
3/4 inch thick.
Bristles of baleen have 6 frowns
Vanes are dark gray - rest of
bristles of ant. 1/2 part white to tips.