TABLE XXXVII. SPECIES OF B~LEEN WHALES
Food (Nemoto, 1959)
Length ( j t )
Engliah n a m u
BALAENIDAE
60
Greenland Right Whale
Copepods, euphausiids?
Balaena mysticetus L.
Eubalaena glacialis (Eschr.)
60
Black Right Whale
Copepods, euphausiids
Caperea marginata Gray
20
Pigmy Right Whale
?
d
ESCHRICHTIDAE
4
Eschrichtius gibbosus Erxl.
45
Pacific Grey Whale
Bottom living organisms, euphausiids
Balaenoptera musculus (L.)
100
Blue Whale
Euphausiids
B. physalus L.
85
Fin Whale
Euphausiids, large copepods, fish,
B. borealis Lesson
50
Sei Whale
Copepods, euphausiids, fish, squids
B. acutorostrata Lacepbde
33
Minke or Little Piked Whale
Euphausiids, fish, copepods
Megaptera novae-angliae
50
Humpback Whale
Euphausiids, fish
r
M
BALAENOPTERIDAE
9
F
small copepods, squids
G
E
B. edeni Anderson
50
Bryde’s Whale
Euphausiids, fish, copepods
F:
U
(Borowski)