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between fins one fold is 6.5 cm. wide.
These same scars were found on
bale, the Sei whale & Finback.
Osteology Length of skull (straight) from tip of
premax, to condyles below = 590
Breath squamosal
= 250
Length jaw straight
= 560
" " curved
= 6.00
Measurements
1 Total length (taken in sections)
= 2275
3 Snout to eye
= 5.06
12 Notch of flukes & anus
= 625(?)
16 " " " post. int. dorsal = 5151
17 " " " " pectoral = 1440 (574)
18 Length pectoral tip to head hilvers) = 365
19 " " " post mist.
= 2351
20 " " " ant. "
= 3251
21 Greatest breadth pectoral
= 90
23 Flukes tip & tip
=
24 Greatest breadth flukes (ant-post)
= 180
25 Depth notch
= 20
26 Length right lobe axially
= 2751
30 Depth peduncle between flukes anus = 215-