Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville’s Beaked Whale)
Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)
A medium-sized species. The body is fusiform, with its widest part at mid-body. The flippers are broad relative to the body. The body is laterally compressed toward the tail. Head small, paler than the dorsum. The dorsal fin is small, slightly falcate and located approximately two thirds of the…