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A humpback whale hovers motionless underwater in the ocean, inverted with head down and long pectoral fins held wide, near the Hawaiian island of Maui as it sings the famous "Song of the Humpback Whale". Scientists have strong evidence that only male humpback whales sing. Fin Whale Photo. Image ID: 02796 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface. Fin Whale Picture. Image ID: 03854 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Stock Photography of Fin Whale. Image ID: 27594 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus

Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Photograph of Fin Whale. Image ID: 27597 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus	Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Fin Whale Photos. Image ID: 27116 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Fin Whale Image. Image ID: 27113 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Fin whale dorsal fin. The fin whale is named for its tall, falcate dorsal fin. Mariners often refer to them as finback whales. Coronado Islands, Mexico (northern Baja California, near San Diego). Professional stock photos of Fin Whale. Image ID: 12769 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico	Fin whale dorsal fin. The fin whale is named for its tall, falcate dorsal fin. Mariners often refer to them as finback whales. Coronado Islands, Mexico (northern Baja California, near San Diego). Pictures of Fin Whale. Image ID: 12771 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico	A fin whale blows at the surface between dives. Coronado Islands, Mexico (northern Baja California, near San Diego). Fin Whale Photo. Image ID: 12772 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico

Rissos dolphin. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are usually almost entirely white. Fin Whale Picture. Image ID: 12792 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA	Rissos dolphin. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are usually almost entirely white. Stock Photography of Fin Whale. Image ID: 12799 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA	Rissos dolphin surfacing with eye showing. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. San Diego. Photograph of Fin Whale. Image ID: 02314 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA

Rissos dolphin, breaching. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. San Diego. Fin Whale Photos. Image ID: 00983 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA	Fin whale. Fin Whale Image. Image ID: 02317 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus	Courting gray whales, Laguna San Ignacio. Professional stock photos of Fin Whale. Image ID: 03393 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico

An enormous blue whale rounds out (hunches up its back) before diving. Note the distinctive mottled skin pattern and small, falcate dorsal fin. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Pictures of Fin Whale. Image ID: 07573 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA	An enormous blue whale rounds out (hunches up its back) before diving. Note the distinctive mottled skin pattern and small, falcate dorsal fin. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Fin Whale Photo. Image ID: 07577 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA	A Rissos dolphin leaps from the ocean in a full breach. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. Offshore near San Diego. Fin Whale Picture. Image ID: 07597 Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Location: San Diego, California, USA

Humpback whale with one of its long pectoral fins raised aloft out of the water, swimming on its side (laterally) as it does so. Stock Photography of Fin Whale. Image ID: 01470 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Male humpback whale with head raised out of the water, braking and pushing back at another whale by using pectoral fins spread in a "crucifix block", during surface active social behaviours. Photograph of Fin Whale. Image ID: 04106 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Fin Whale Photos. Image ID: 27619 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus

Fin whale. Fin Whale Image. Image ID: 24706 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean	A humpback whale raises it pectoral fin out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance. Professional stock photos of Fin Whale. Image ID: 27139 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Del Mar, California, USA	Humpback whale dorsal fin, one of the identifiable characteristics researchers use to capture/recapture humpback whales from year to year. Pictures of Fin Whale. Image ID: 27044 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA

Fin whale dorsal fin. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Fin Whale Photo. Image ID: 27110 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Male humpback whale with head raised out of the water, braking and pushing back at another whale by using pectoral fins spread in a "crucifix block", during surface active social behaviours. Fin Whale Picture. Image ID: 04112 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (ventral aspect). Stock Photography of Fin Whale. Image ID: 04135 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. Photograph of Fin Whale. Image ID: 05909 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Fin Whale Photos. Image ID: 27112 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Krill and squid school at the ocean surface, moments before blue and fin whales rise to the surface to feed. The krill is likely Euphausia pacifica, the squid are likely Loligo opalescens. A thin cloud of pink krill gathers at the ocean surface, where it is likely to be preyed upon by sharks, fish, birds and whales Fin Whale Image. Image ID: 27152 Species: Krill, common squid, Loligo opalescens, Euphausia pacifica Location: San Diego, California, USA