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Whale identified as Mars lunge feeding on Stellwagen Bank. Note the baleenstructures in the roof of the mouth, the distended ventral throat grooves or plates and the water and sand lance (small fish type) spilling out of the mouth.
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; Cetacean Research Unit
Photographer
Mason Weinrich
Display Date
1971 circa
Location
Massachusetts, Stellwagen Bank
Collection
Historic Fisheries
NOAA Affiliation
NMFS