Humpback Whale breaching (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Query: Common rorqual

Result: 16^th of 38

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

Resolution: 1800x1208 File Size: 243137 Bytes Date: 2004:11:24 13:01:09 Upload Date: 2004:11:24 12:53:18

Humpback whale breaching

Image ID: sanc0605, Sanctuary Collection
Location: Hawaiian Is. Humpback Whale NMS

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

Common rorqual
16/38

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