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Baleen All yellowish white (bristles)
The ant. ends of baleen rows as 3 5 from tip of mouth. And ends are 11 apart & front ends #4 - at the widest point the tips of its baleen plates as they stand in position are 6 5 apart
Peduncle Just behind the annus there is a deep concavity on the anterior of lower surface of peduncle, which then swells outward gradually reaching its greatest convexity just anterior & to a point midway between the insertions of the flukes & its annus.
Blowholes Blowholes situated in a depression just behind the highest point of the rostrum They slant upward about like this - Just behind blowholes & opposite the posterior corner of its eye there is a depression within the outline of its head which then rises to the curve of its back.