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Figure 65. - A minke whale stranded at Santa Barbara, Calil. Note the dark back, the white-banded flipper, and the 60-70 fine ventral grooves extending to 

 just behind the flippers. The short, white baleen plates are visible in the open mouth. (Photo by S. Anderton.) 



Figure 66. -Minke whales have from 300 to 325 short, yellowish-white baleen plates (up to half the 

 anterionnost plates may be brown or black) with fine white bristles on each upper jaw. \Photo from 

 Santa Barbara, Caltf. by S. Anderson.) 



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