User:UtherSRG/whales

These are whales and dolphins I've seen in on whale-watching cruises. I note the dates in order to show (in the future) the frequencies.

Suborder Mysticeti

• Family Balaenoptiidae
  • Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
    • 8/20/05 (2-3 individuals, fins, no tails)
  • Northern Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    • 8/20/05 (1 individual, far away, fin)
    • 5/09/11 (1 or two individuals, spouts, humps, and fins)
  • Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
    • 8/20/05 (3-4 individuals, humps, tails, open mouths, very close to the boat)
    • 7/29/09 (2 individuals, humps, swimming in front of the SBX-1)
• Family Eschrichtiidae
  • Grey whale, Eschrichtius robustus
    • 2/25/18 (2 individuals engaged in unihemispheric sleep while swimming)

Suborder Odontoceti

• Family Delphinidae
  • Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris
    • 8/17/08 (about a dozen (fins only) in a pod at Midway Atoll)
    • 4/19/09 (swam with the Hawaii race of Spinners)
  • Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
    • 7/11/09 (swimming alongside the SBX-1)
    • 2/25/18 (swimming alongside and in front of tour boat)