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of specimens r^ore than 2c.,. metres in lexr^•th.
' " ^ There are frô,^t ...•. 76 ^78 to 94
(averaC,e 84) folds on the ventral side.
There are two rot.rs of baleen in the upl,er jaw, each containing
fron 280 to 350 plates ^averaf,,e nui.lber 317; in ordina,r.y r-orquals the
average nw:tbe.r is 324 -t-
6) up to' 70 cm long.
-- ^ i'tle. plates are shorter
than those in orclina.r.y rorquals, and the ratio of t}leâ.i:• lengt'ti to
their width is srialler. In py"i«ies 19.2 «ietros 1oi1€; the tips of the
b^.leen pl^ftec, are in contact tritll one rt.noth('x.',
l'lic:,
pyi;«liO;, 1] vc^ f,n tllel trol)iccIl and ::ul;tl,ol,ical waters of
t1*te w o•r:•].d' S 0 cean3.
In tue southern he!«i"'; .^ here tr:ey
north of ^ 5# ° 8,
are found mainly
from the ureenwi.ch rteridian eastt•rarct to 80 0 L
majority of thetti occur around i•ïarion Island, i rozet _Lsland, and ll,er--
C^lelen Tsland.
Occasional specimen:; are seen off t:le coasts of aoutri
Africa and West Australia, and more often off the coast of Chile.
Pin Whale (Balaènontex^a _pj1ys ^.lus L., 1750)
In the USSii this whale is known as "finval"* and '^herring^
a,-
"10inval". means "whale with a Pin".
The nar,re is not precise,
since all ___ rorquals 1-_-___-- have dorsal fins. Nevertheless -(;1lc narie persists
wh ^.l e ", ^
ttie latter name is due to the fact that in the waters of the
northern part of the Pacific UCea.n her.rings (and also other fish speçies)
are often found in these i:rhales' stoclachs. Usually, hovrever,
soviet whalers ca•ll it "finval" .
Pin whales are somej,,ha.-l; smaller u,la.n blue Iv}-tales, t:leir :.,aximum
length not exceeding from 23 to 27 metres,
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While the blue whale is called "the hanciso,:,e x:orqual" , the
fin tihale is called the "well-z^rostortioneci."^or:e `,.iL .17, b).
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body is fuller ii, : lia+,e thr.cn t;trt C of tue blue tirni:ile but is e
tlally
e].on^;ated; it is rouncled ix-front, and co,np^:i;s:=ed laterallY i+ tire
caudal part.
111,:. i'1u,:es are rc L,.tivel
Y b]^oaù . , v.it1,
the centre.
an ir,den-tation in
Who tïor..al fin is
large, its heit;ilt licin,^• ï
2• 5, ^ of the body ^^
len-,tt1,
rom ^. 1;; to
fl^c a.nf,le
cîol•c;a,l
betwf:e.n trie front cciee of trie
fin and ti,c• lon:-:i.tudinal axis of thc: boc,^, t -..
u ,,
-.o
27o to ri0 . A•ii0 ^ 3^ l^•x'arl
1'].i^t^,ix:^ ^trc2 :3mrtal,
^i1,,.i.]• l^:^it;••^1^
beit,^;•
l']:o„i
fr.orn '1^'
Lin t^o ,^.^_il.la
'>'- ^o 9-9; , o1'. the body len.•^t;11. f^ ver,, I.-al :;ide [,as
nur.,èrous (Ill) to 100-11'-^) gi'ooveu, .fr.ota 2.0 to
Lu ,0
i c,n ^^.c].'us,^ . ^i^e 101.• ^' c:: i; :•.. ^•10^',VE:':J ].'lllt Ii..l^>I. ;
f
t flf.'
ol the body to Lu : u,.tlrilir.us
ro,,, ona
, 7.1.fiA L'a? t0 i-Al'.I'd I. vl:l, t'rll'i.lli'7•.
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