Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Query: humpback

Result: 35^th of 241

Subject:	Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)

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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Humpback whales migrate from near the poles to tropical waters. Megaptera novaeangliae

Image ID: nur02008, National Undersearch Research Program (NURP) Collection
Location: Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific
Photographer: R. Wicklund
Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/

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Scientific Name: Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Common Names: English – Humpback Whale, Hump Whale, Hunchbacked Whale, Bunch French – Mégaptère, Baleine à bosse, Baleine à taquet, Jubarte, Rorqual à bosse, Rorqual du Cap Spanish – Ballena Jorobada, Gubarte, Jorobada, Rorcual Jorobado Synonyms: Megaptera nodosa (Bonnaterre, 1789) Megaptera braziliensis Cope, 1867 Megaptera indica Gervais, 1883 Megaptera lalandii (Fischer, 1829) Megaptera longimana (Rudolphi, 1832) Megaptera longipinna Gray, 1846 Megaptera osphya Cope, 1865 Megaptera versabilis Cope, 1869 Balaena nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789 Balaena lalandii Fischer, 1829 Balaena longimana Rudolphi, 1832 Balaena novaeangliae Borowski, 1781

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