. Cetaceans of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Cetacea; Mammals. Body to i6 m long. Body dark; back smooth and finless. Chin and belly often white. Head lacks callosities. Baleen dark gray with gray fringes, to 4 m or longer. Upperjaw arched and lower lip strongly bowed. Two blowholes clearly separated; blow projects upward in wide V-shape. Distribution restricted to arctic waters. Tail stock often ringed with white or gray. Flukes, all dark, raised on longer dives. BowHE.^D Whale BaLcna tnyslicetus (P). Body to 16 m long. Body from dark to light gray and sometimes mottled, ofte
. Cetaceans of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Cetacea; Mammals. Body to i6 m long. Body dark; back smooth and finless. Chin and belly often white. Head lacks callosities. Baleen dark gray with gray fringes, to 4 m or longer. Upperjaw arched and lower lip strongly bowed. Two blowholes clearly separated; blow projects upward in wide V-shape. Distribution restricted to arctic waters. Tail stock often ringed with white or gray. Flukes, all dark, raised on longer dives. BowHE.^D Whale BaLcna tnyslicetus (P). Body to 16 m long. Body from dark to light gray and sometimes mottled, often with irregular white patches, especially on ventrum; back smooth and finless. Callosities (the largest ot which is called the bonnet and is set on top of the snout) present on head and lower jaw. covered with cyamid crustaceans f'whale lice"). Baleen usually dark gray with dark fringes, to m long, sometimes appears pale brownish to vellowish-gray in color when viewed through water. Upper jaw arched and lower lip strongly bowed. Two blowholes clearly separated; blow projects upward in wide V-shape Previous distribution extended from southern Bering Sea to southern Oregon with stragglers to California, Baja California, and Hawaii; current distribution unknown but appears to be severely restricted. Flukes all dark, raised on longer dives. Right Whale Eukuhuna glacialis (B) With a Dorsal Fin MEDIUM-SIZED WHALES (to 13 meters length) There are at least i; species of medium-sized whales with a dorsal fin known from the eastern North Pacific. These species, taking manv diverse forms, range in adult size from about 4 m ( Risso's dolphinj to about 1; m (Baird's beaked whale). This group includes such widely distributed and frequently encountered species as the pilot whale, false killer whale, and minke whale, and such rarely encountered and poorly known species as the various "beaked ; Aside from their common inclusion within the stated size
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