Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic - Part 46
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6. Tip of upper jaw to top of dorsal fin ______________________ ______________

7. Tip of upper jaw to leading edge of dorsal fin ______________________ ______________

8a. Tip of upper jaw to anterior insertion of flipper (right)______________________ ______________

b. Tip of upper jaw to anterior insertion of flipper (left) ______________________ ______________

9. Tip of upper jaw to center of blowhole(s) ______________________ ______________

10. Tip of upper jaw to anterior edge of blowhole(s) ______________________ ______________

11a. Tip of upper jaw to auditory meatus (right) ______________________ _____________

b. Tip of upper jaw to auditory meatus (left) ______________________ _____________

12a. Tip of upper jaw to center of eye (right) ______________________ _____________

b. Tip of upper jaw to center of eye (left) ______________________ _____________

13. Tip of upper jaw to angle of gape ______________________ _____________

14. Tip of upper jaw to apex of melon ______________________ _____________

15. Rostrum--maximum width ______________________ _____________

16. Throat grooves--length ______________________ _____________

Straight line parallel to the body axis Point to point

17. Projection of lower jaw beyond upper (if reverse, so state) _____________________

18. Center of eye to center of eye ______________

19a. Height of eye (right) ______________________

b. Height of eye (left) ______________________

20a. Length of eye (right) ______________________

b. Length of eye (left) ______________________

21a. Center of eye to angle of gape (right) ______________________ ______________

b. Center of eye to angle of gape (left) ______________________ ______________

22a. Center of eye to external auditory meatus (right) ______________________ ______________

b. Center of eye to external auditory meatus (left) ______________________ ______________

23a. Center of eye to center of blowhole (right) ______________________ ______________

b. Center of eye to center of blowhole (left) ______________________ ______________

24. Blowhole length ______________________

25. Blowhole width ______________________

26. Flipper width (right) ______________

27. Flipper width (left) ______________

28a. Flipper length--tip to anterior insertion (right)______________________

b. Flipper length--tip to anterior insertion (left)_______________________

29a. Flipper length--tip to axilla (right) _______________________

b. Flipper length--tip to axilla (left) _______________________

30. Dorsal fin height _______________________

31. Dorsal fin base _______________________

32. Fluke span _______________________

33. Fluke width _______________________

34. Fluke depth of notch _______________________

Straight line parallel to the body axis Point to point

35. Notch of flukes to center of a.n.u.s ______________________

36. Notch of flukes to center of genital aperture ______________________ ______________

37. Notch of flukes to umbilicus______________________

38. Notch of flukes to nearest point on leading edge of flukes___________________

39. Girth at a.n.u.s ______________________

40. Girth at axilla ______________________

41. Girth at eye ______________________

42. Girth ___ cm in front of notch of flukes ______________

43a. Blubber thickness (middorsal) ______________