Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Humpback Whale
Category: Baleen Whales
Scientific Name: Megaptera novaeangliae
Size: Up to 56 ft. (17 m)  
Depth: 0-2000 ft. (0-610 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Tetrapoda (Megaclass) Tetrapod
  └Mammalia (Class) Mammals
   └Cetartiodactyla (Order)
    └Cetacea (Infraorder) Cetaceans
     └Mysticeti (Superfamily) Baleen Whales
      └Balaenopteridae (Family) Rorquals
       └Megaptera (Genus)
        └M. novaeangliae (Species)

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