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RIGHT WHALES (BALAENIDAE) 



BOWHEAD (Balaena mysticetus; choice 18, pg. 168) occurs in association 

 with sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea. It reaches a maximum 

 length of 21 m. 



NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE (subalaena giadalis; choice 18', pg. 158) 

 occurs from western Alaska, and perhaps the Bering Sea, south to central 

 Baja California. It reaches a maximum length of 17 m. 



GRAY WHALES (ESCHRICHTIIDAE) 



CALIFORNIA GRAY WHALE (Esohriahtius robustus; choice 19, pg.168) 

 migrates from Baja California in winter to as far north as the Bering 

 Sea in spring and summer. Maximum length is 15 m. 



RORQUALS (BALAENOPTERIDAE) 



HUMPBACK (Megaptera novaeangliae; choice 20, pg. 168) occurs through- 

 out the area covered by this manual, migrating south in the fall to 

 tropical seas and north in the spring to the Arctic. Maximum length is 16 m. 



MINKE WHALE (Balaenoptera aautorostrata; choice 22, pg.169 ) occurs 

 from the Bering Sea to Baja California and is apparently in the latter 

 area during the winter. Maximum length is 10 m. 



SEI WHALE (Balaenoptera boreaKs; choice 22', pg. 169) spends its 

 summers from California north to the Gulf of Alaska, and at other times 

 occurs farther south. Maximum length is 19 m. 



BRYDE'S WHALE (Balaenoptera edeni; choice 23, pg. 169) occurs from 

 central Baja California south. Maximum length is 15 m. 



BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musoulus; choice 24, pg. 169) occurs from 

 the Aleutian Islands to central California in summer, and from Baja 

 California to the south in winter. Maximum length is 26 m. 



FIN WHALE (Balaenoptera physalus; choice 24', pg. 169) occurs from 

 the central Bering Sea to Baja California. Maximum length is 22 m. 



