First record of atypical pigmentation pattern in fin whale Balaenoptera physalus in the Atlantic Ocean

Séverine Methion; Bruno Díaz López

doi:10.3354/dao03385

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DAO 135:121-125 Supplementary Material

First record of atypical pigmentation pattern in fin whale Balaenoptera physalus in the Atlantic Ocean

Séverine Methion, Bruno Díaz López

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Video 1

A single fin whale Balaenoptera physalus displaying hypopigmentation (suspected vitiligo), first observed ~30 km SW from O Grove (NW Spain) on October 7, 2017. The file includes 2 separate sequences, ~13 and ~33 seconds in length, which were originally recorded on October 7, 2017 at 13:35 h and 13:54 h UTC, respectively.