Image: Humpback Whale beached at South West Rocks
A young 4 m long Humpback Whale beached in the South West Rocks area, New South Wales, July 2006. The rounded wounds on the head and body may result from Cookie-cutter Shark bites.
- Photographer:
- L. Feltus
- Rights:
- © L. Feltus, National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Common name:
- Humpback Whale
- Scientific name:
- Megaptera novaeangliae
- Family:
- Balaenopteridae
- Order:
- Cetacea
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Tags Fishes, Ichthyology, Humpback Whale, Cookiecutter, Isistius brasiliensis, Dalatiidae, Isistius plutodus, Megaptera novaeangliae,