[Journals], 1908-1912
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55 Taleom - The bristles of the anterior plates are very white - those of the intervening plates except the tips are grey - tips brown. No. 6 Humpback Set 3 May 28-'06 Gerhard Color Top, head, back, sides + belly black - many large white circles on both rami of median lobe which extend down over throat and chin half way back to pectorals; from here back to insertion of pectorals the white is confined to small flesh & vert, many of these nearly in median region midwhite in fine streaks from head to flukes, like pepper & salt. - On upper edge of peduncle at insertion of flukes the is a large yellowish white spot - slab of flukes black above. A large white tranven spot with ragged margins in median line of breast, a little back by insertion of fins- edges of folds strongly edged with white on breast - Roof of mouth light purple Pectorals Left Pectoral below toward body 1/2 black - 1/2 turns up white with sparse pale black circles - both margins edged with black above black - few white circles along post- erior margin - Right pectoral - black above - many circles -