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- Title
First Record of a White Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, from the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
- Authors
MORA, JOSÉ MANUEL; LÓPEZ, LUCÍA I.; CRUZ, LUIS A.; CHAVES, GERARDO
- Abstract
Abnormal white vertebrates are a result of chromatic anomalies that may be associated to several genetic and environmental factors. On October 2, 2022 a Humpback Whale mother Megaptera novaeangliae and a white calf were observed in northwestern Costa Rica. This is the first record of a white Humpback Whale in the Eastern Pacific. This species is found in Costa Rican waters, where the Central American wintering ground of the North Pacific Humpback Whale overlaps the winter range of the Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whale. The calf is hypopigmented, without a clear conclusion about the exact chromatic abnormality determining its white coloration.
- Subjects
COSTA Rica; HUMPBACK whale
- Publication
Caribbean Journal of Science, 2022, Vol 52, Issue 2, p389
- ISSN
0008-6452
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18475/cjos.v52i2.a17