beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) The Whale Fishery
English: Natives harpooning the beluga, or white whale, at Cook's Inlet, Alaska Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883
Español: Nativos arponeando una beluga o ballena blanca en la ensenada de Cook, Alaska, dibujado por H. W. Elliott, 1883
Date 1883
Source La caza de ballenas beluga, PD de la NOAA
Author Henry Wood Elliott (1846 – 1930)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beluga_caza.jpg
The beluga whale or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean of the family Monodontidae. This white whale is also known as the beluga, melonhead, or sea canary.