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Description and 47 photographs from a whale watching trip.
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The Rorquals Drake Bay, Costa Rica  It is always a gift when we encounter one of the Rorquals, which include Sei Whales, Fin Whales, Brydes Whales, Blue Whales and others. Most of the Rorquals we have encountered have been around Cano Island, although some we have...
http://www.divinedolphin.com/Rorquals/

Family overview and species accounts for all six members - Minke, Sei, Bryde's, Blue, Fin, and Humpback Whales.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umic...lia/cetacea/balaenopteridae.html

Photos of Humpback, Fin, and Blue Whales.
http://flzhgn.home.mindspring.com/rorquals.htm

Detailed description of the family and its members from the online book Walker's Mammals of the World by Ronald Nowak.
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/w...cea/cetacea.balaenopteridae.html

Overview of the Balaenopteridae species, with common names in 11 languages, images, and detailed descriptions for 3 species.
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Fin whales  Balaenoptera acutorostrata Minke whale, little piked whale (B. acutorostrata B. bonaerensis 135 Dwergvinvis Zwergwal Vgehval Lahtivalas Vikval Vgehval, Sildepisker Petit Rorqual, Rorqual museau pointu Balenottera minore Rorcual enano Roal, Baleia-an Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale Bultrug Buckelwal Knlhval Ryhvalas Knlval Pukkelhval...
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/cet-fin.htm