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w09 ♀ Gray whale Jan 10/12 Murray Korea
sides to fin and the peduncle blecked
with light gray fairly regular but quite-
not so many are the tubercles as on
the sides - Ventral region almost plain.
w01 - 38' ?? 12 - 225
4 - 365 ? 19 - 20
6 - 323 0 135
w10 ♀ Gray whale Jan 10/12 Murray Korea
A dark whal.
Tubercles black with few white circles
and spots on sides - dorsal & ventral ridges
plain. From anus forward on sides
there are a good many large, gray oval
& oblong patches. Sides thickly studded with
barraeles. On either side of dorsal
"hump," are patches of light gray, almost
white and a large white spot on right,
white edge light gray patch just anterior to penis.
Sides & flukes plain dark - almost
red lighter color
Flukes Black above below & are for a few white
circles the distal half of posterior edge all
white - posterior edge at thickest near
root, is 1" thick & at thickest (a short
distance frome distal end) is 2" thick.
Fin
Fins Above black with only one white spot
Two, each 1 65 long. The finmer lie
each side of center line of throat. A line
drawn from the mammillear hypophysis
down the throat would go directly between them,