Fluke of Gharial Confirmed in the catalog

Gharial @48393

This whale also has a sighting history in the Gulf of Maine where it has been cataloged by the Gulf of Maine Humpback Whale Catalog at the Center for Coastal Studies as well as the ocean-scale North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog at Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic. Sightings displayed here have been matched against these catalogs and will contribute to their long-term work, thanks to a partnership with Happywhale. Humpback whales in the Gulf of Maine are named based on their fluke patterns through a long-standing community process. Also sighted as VARF-199

Gulf of Maine · North Atlantic

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20 Following 15 Followers
20
Sightings
7
Years
0
Crossings
Last 12 months 5 sightings
  1. N 2025-11: 0 sightings
  2. D 2025-12: 0 sightings
  3. J 2026-01: 0 sightings
  4. F 2026-02: 0 sightings
  5. M 2026-03: 0 sightings
  6. A 2026-04: 0 sightings
  7. M 2026-05: 0 sightings
  8. J 2026-06: 1 sighting
  9. J 2026-07: 1 sighting
  10. A 2026-08: 1 sighting
  11. S 2026-09: 2 sightings
  12. O 2026-10: 0 sightings

Activities

7 in Risa

✳ Dive stats modelled, not measured

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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