Search results for Dorsal

Humpback whale rounding out at the surface before diving, showing its dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00199  

Humpback whale dorsal fin detail, showing small wounds from recent competitive interactions with other whales.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00337  

Humpback whale rounding out at the surface before diving, showing its dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 01354  

School of juvenile North Pacific Yellowtail, attracted to nearby drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: North pacific yellowtail, Yellowtail, Kingfish, Seriola lalandi
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02439  

Ocean sunfish, dorsal fin at water surface, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03309  

Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (dorsal aspect).
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04140  

Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (dorsal aspect).
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04142  

Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (dorsal aspect).
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04145  

Humpback whale dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04281  

Humpback whale dorsal fin and dorsal ridge.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04282  

Humpback whale dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04286  

Humpback whale calf with malformed dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04289  

Humpback whale dorsal fin.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04302  

Humpback whale rostrum, dorsal aspect, showing tubercles.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04314  

Humpback whale rostrum, dorsal aspect, showing tubercles.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04323  

Humpback whale dorsal fin damaged during competitive group socializing.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04334  

Humpback whale dorsal fin damaged during competitive group socializing.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04340  

Humpback whale dorsal fin damaged during competitive group socializing.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04342  

Humpback whale dorsal fin and ridge showing scarring acquired in competitive group socializing.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04350  

Humpback whale dorsal fin and ridge showing scarring acquired in competitive group socializing.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04353  

Humpback whale dorsal fin damaged during competitive group socializing.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04354  

Humpback whale, rostrum raised, dorsal aspect showing bloody tubercles from competitive activities.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04388  

Rissos dolphins surfacing, one spouting/blowing while others show dorsal fins. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. San Diego.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 04836  

North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. This female North Pacific humpback whale was first seen with the depicted lacerations near the island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands in the mid-90s, and is the original humpback to bear the name 'Blade Runner'. This female has apparently recovered, as evidenced the calf she was observed nurturing. A South Pacific humpback whale endured a similar injury in Sydney Australia in 2001, and bears a remarkably similar scar pattern to the above-pictured whale.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05910  

Gray whale dorsal aspect showing characteristic skin mottling and ectoparasitic barnacles and whale lice (amphipod crustaceans), Laguna San Ignacio.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 06425  

A group of Rissos dolphin surfaces. Extensive scarring on adult Rissos dolphins allows identification of individuals based on their dorsal fins, provided the identification methodology incorporates scarring acquired in future years. Offshore near San Diego.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07601  

Horn shark dorsal barb.
Species: Horn shark, Heterodontus francisci
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 01085  

North Pacific Yellowtail.
Species: North pacific yellowtail, Yellowtail, Kingfish, Seriola lalandi
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01123  

Blue whale dorsal flank and remora.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 01907  

Blue whale caudel stem, dorsal fin and fluke.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 01908