Scarring of this humpback whale's fluke allow researchers to identify this particular whale from season to season. Santa Rosa Island, California, USA
Stock Photo: 27026 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA Format: Digital 3:2 Other Names: humpbacked whale, hump back whale Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Purchase a print of this image Request a review copy of this image Keywords: animal, balaenopteridae, california, cetacea, cetacean, channel islands, channel islands national marine sanctuary, chordata, creature, dive, endangered, endangered threatened species, enormous, fluke, fluke id, huge, hump back whale, humpback, humpback whale, humpbacked whale, large, mammal, mammalia, marine, marine mammal, megaptera, megaptera novaeangliae, mysticete, mysticeti, national marine sanctuaries, nature, novaeangliae, ocean, oceans, pacific, pacific ocean, rorqual, sea, southern humpback whale, tail, threatened, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate, whale, wild, wildlife |