Search results for Whale Dorsal Fin

Humpback whale dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04359  

Whale shark dorsal fin and remora.
Species: Whale shark, Remora, Rhincodon typus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01524  

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).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12774  

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).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12775  

Fin whale. The distinctive white coloration on the right lower jaw of all fin whales is seen just below the surface. Coronado Islands, Mexico (northern Baja California, near San Diego).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12777  

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).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12780  

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).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12782  

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).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12783  

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).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12784  

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).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12786  

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).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12789  

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.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 12791  

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.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 12793  

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.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 12794  

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.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 12795  

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.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 12796  

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.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 12797  

Blue whale, dorsal fin with remora hanging off.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16209  

Gray whale dorsal ridge sticking above the ocean surface, Cow Bay near Flores Island, Clayoquot Sound, west coast of Vancouver Island.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Cow Bay, Flores Island, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 21175  

Gray whale dorsal ridge (back) at the surface in front of a boat full of whale watchers, Cow Bay, Flores Island, near Tofino, Clayoquot Sound, west coast of Vancouver Island.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Cow Bay, Flores Island, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 21181  

Humpback whale rounding out at the surface before diving, showing its dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00199  

Humpback whale dorsal fin detail, showing small wounds from recent competitive interactions with other whales.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00337  

Humpback whale rounding out at the surface before diving, showing its dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 01354  

Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (dorsal aspect).
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04140  

Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (dorsal aspect).
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04142  

Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (dorsal aspect).
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04145  

Humpback whale dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04281  

Humpback whale dorsal fin and dorsal ridge.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04282  

Humpback whale dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04286  

Humpback whale calf with malformed dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04289