Humpback Whale fluke (Megaptera novaeangliae) {!--혹등고래--> From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's online digital media library.
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Metadata
Title: Humpback Whale Mexico
Alternative Title: (none)
Creator: Stolz, Gary M.
Source: WO/8177-003
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: Endangered species, Mammals, Marine Mammals, Marine resources conservation, endangered, whale, whales
Date Issued: November 01 2001
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 25,000 km each year.
