Size:
Maximum length: 26.8 m; Calves: 6.5 m
Maximum weight: 45 tonnes
Features:
- slender, elongated body
- narrow, flat V-shaped head and two blowholes
- tall curved dorsal fin
- ridged back from dorsal fin to flukes
- up to 100 slim ventral grooves extending to the navel
- 260-480 baleen plates per side edged with grey bristles
- colour: dark back, white underside except for the head, which tends to be white on the right side and dark grey on the left; pale grey/white chevrons sometimes visible on the back