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109 m.
45
No. 10 Finback ♀ May 20/10 Aikawa
This whale contained a male
foetus about 18 inches long; it
is preserved in alcohol.
Color Left ramus dark gray - right ramus
light gray - outside left ramus light
gray - inside right ramus dark
grey.
Pattern Below base distal 1/3 all grey except
ant edge - middle 1/3 has anterior half
white & post. half grey - the proximal
third is the same
Dorsal All slate. This fin is unlike any
I have seen before it is long &
narrow, not having the broad base
of others - it a roughly finger
shape spreading but comparatively
little at the base.
Blowhole
Inside of anterior 1/3 are white; X
middle 1/3 has grey tips - last 1/3
all grey.
Two creases run out of corner of
mouth - center of eye 25 cent. above
corner of mouth.
Measurements over page.