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The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Southern right whales inhabit oceans south of the Equator, between the latitudes of 20° and 60° south. [5] In 2009 the global population was estimated to be approximately 13,600. [6]
Callosities on a North Atlantic right whale. In whales, callosities are rough, calcified skin patches found on the heads of the three species of right whales. Callosities are a characteristic feature of the whale genus Eubalaena. Because they are found on the head of the whale and appear white against the dark background of the whale's skin ...
Southern right whale in the breeding grounds at Peninsula Valdés, Patagonia. In 2000, two studies of DNA samples from each of the whale populations concluded the northern and southern populations of right whale should be considered separate species. What some scientists found more surprising was the discovery that the North Pacific and North ...
With a population estimated at between 300-350 individuals, [19] the North Atlantic right whale is the most critically endangered great whale. The Northern Pacific right whale is also endangered with only about 500 individuals extant. [16] [17] The Southern right whale (~7500 individuals in 1997) and the Bowhead whale (20,000 to 40,000) have ...
If you see a right whale, FWC officials ask to report the sighting immediately by calling one of the following numbers. U.S. Coast Guard on marine VHF Ch. 16 877-WHALE-HELP (942-5343)
Cryptolepas is abundant on the gray whale, but has been recorded on the orca, the beluga whale, and in the stomach of the topsmelt silverside (Atherinops affinis). [26] Topsmelt are known to pick off the dead skin and whale lice often found in association with barnacles. [25] Tubicinella major has been recorded only on the southern right whale ...
On the right whale, the parasites live mainly on callosities (raised callus-like patches of skin on the whales' heads). The clusters of white lice contrast with the dark skin of the whale, and help researchers identify individual whales because of the lice clusters' unique shapes. The lice predominantly eat algae that settle on the host's body ...
A North Atlantic right whale and her calf spotted in the waters just north of Marshfield this week marks the first such sighting in the state this year, according to the Center for Coastal Studies ...