| | | | | | |
Sei whale |Balaenoptera | 32 |62 (19.0)|318-340 | 31"| 78| 15"| 39 |
| borealis | | | | | | | |
Bryde's whale|Balaenoptera | 37 |46 (14.0)|250-300?| 17"| 42| 10"| 24 |
| edeni | | | | | | | |
Humpback |Megaptera | 40 |53 (16.0)|270-400 | 24"| 60| 5"| 13 |
whale | novaeangliae | | | | | | | |
Bowhead whale|Balaena | 49 |65 (19.8)|325-360 | 14'| 414| 14"| 36 |
| mysticetus | | | | | | | |
Right whale |Eubalaena | 52 |53 (16.0)|250-390 |7.3'| 223| 12"| 30 |
| glacialis | | | | | | | |
Minke whale |Balaenoptera | 63 |31 (10.0)|300-325 | 8"| 21| 4"| 10|
| acutorostrata| | | | | | | |
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| |Mean No.|Numbers |
| | of | of |
Species | |bristles|ventral | Relative lengths
common name | Color of baleen | /cm. |grooves |of ventral grooves
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Blue whale |All black with black | 10-30 | 55-88 |At least to navel.
| bristles. | | |
Fin whale |Dark gray to bluish | 10-35 | 56-100 |At least to navel.
| gray; one-fifth to | | |
| one-third of right | | |
| front is whitish. | | |
Sei whale |Ash black with blue | 35-60 | 38-56 |End far short of
| tinge and fine, light | | | navel.
| bristles; some near | | |
| front may be light. | | |
Bryde's whale |Slate gray with dark | 15-35 | 40-50 |At least to navel.
| bristles. | | |
Humpback whale|Ash black to olive | 10-35 | 14-22 |At least to navel.
| brown; sometimes