Photo Credit: Vanessa Prigollini
Current Matriarch: I12 Loquillilla, I13 Goletas
Number of Individuals: 13 (4 living- 2 female, 2 male; 9 deceased- 1 female, 5 male, 3 unknown gender)
I11 Egeria (Female; ~1958-2013 (~55))
I12 Loquillilla (Female; ~1971)
I47 Quatsino (Male; 1985-2019 (34))
Named after the Kwakwakaʼwakw village, X̱wa̱tis
I78 Zayas (Male; 1997-2018 (21))
I105 Levy (Male; 2004)
I138 Suwanee (Unknown; 2012-2024 (12))
I13 Goletas (Female; 1974)
Daughter of C3
I75 (Unknown; 1995-1998 (3))
I108 Tatnall (Male; 2005)
I135 (Unknown; 2011-2014 (3))
I37 (Male; 1979-2003 (24))
I42 Skuna (Male; 1983- 2020 (37))
Son of A32
I64 Kokish (Male; 1990-2017 (27))
Possibly named after the indigenous word, Gwegis, meaning "place where river spreads" or the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw village site, k'wagis, meaning "notched beach"
Photo Credit: Northern Resident Killer Whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification Catalogue and Population Status to 2010
I11 Egeria
Photo Credit: Mark Malleson
I42 Skuna
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2014
I64 Kokish
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
I37
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
I13 Goletas
Photo Credit: Coastal Rainforest Safaris
I108 Tatnall
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
I12 Loquillilla
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2014
I47 Quatsino
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2014
I78 Zayas
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
I105 Levy
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
I138 Suwanee
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
I15 Liska
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
I44 Duff
Photo Credit: Mackay Whale Watching
I103
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
I145
Photo Credit: Josh Mclnnes
I4 Ella
Photo Credit: Jenny van Twillert
I41 Broughton
Photo Credit: Rolf Hicker
I65 Spout
Photo Credit: Coastal Rainforest Safaris
I122
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
I165
Photo Credit: Rolf Hicker
I76 Mr. Bubbles
Current Matriarch: I65 Spout, I4 Ella, I51 Magee/Naka (Matrilines considered separate despite family ties)
Number of Individuals: 31 (16 living- 5 female, 7 male, 4 unknown gender; 16 deceased- 4 female, 5 male, 8 unknown gender)
I10 (Male; ~1947-1975 (~28))
Relationship with the rest of the I15s is not known for sure, but he traveled with them and was considered part of the matriline
I15 Liska (Female; ~1956-2006 (~50))
I4 Ella (Female; 1980)
Reported twin of I41
I76 Mr. Bubbles (Male; 1997-2025 (28))
Died in Johnstone Strait 8/17/2025
I102 (Female; 2003)
I161 (Unknown; 2019-2019 (<1))
I172 (Male; 2022)
I16 Trinity/Hecate (Female; ~1971-2018 (~47))
Was found to be 5.8m (19.02ft) long in a 2015 photogrammetry study
I51 Magee/Naka (Female; 1986)
Was found to be 5.4m (17.71ft) long in a 2015 photogrammetry study. Named after Naka Creek. Naka is from the Kwak̓wala word, naḵa, meaning "to drink" or "drinking"
I106 Cultus (Male; 2004)
Was found to be 4.8m (15.74ft) long in a 2015 photogrammetry study. Named after Cultus Creek. Cultus is the Chinook Jargon word for "worthless", good-for-nothing", or "no matter"
I129 Spitfire (Unknown; 2009)
Was found to be 3.4m (11.15ft) long in a 2015 photogrammetry study
I144 Spiller (Female; 2014)
Was found to be 2.6m (8.53ft) long in a 2015 photogrammetry study
I164 Numas (Unknown; 2020)
Named after Numas Island, with numas meaning "old man" in Kwak̓wala
I43 Malcom (Male; 1983-2012 (29))
I72 (Unknown; 1993-2000 (7))
I85 (Unknown; 1998-2001 (3))
I98 Darby (Male; 2002)
Was found to be 5.1m (16.73ft) long in a 2015 photogrammetry study
I109 (Unknown; 2006-2006 (<1))
I128 Rivers (Male; 2009)
Was found to be 3.9m (12.79ft) long in a 2015 photogrammetry study
I154 Seafire (Unknown; 2016-2018 (2))
I27 Sointula (Female; 1974-2024 (50))
I63 Donegal (Female; 1990-2014 (24))
I143 (Unknown; 2014-2014 (<1))
I77 (Male; 1997)
I107 (Male; 2004)
I153 (Unknown; 2016-2019? (3?))
Death year is unknown, but is based off of the first ID catalog where they were listed as deceased (2019)
I41 Broughton (Male; 1980-2006 (26))
Reported twin of I41. Dorsal fin collapsed fully to the right side sometime after 2000
I44 Duff (Male; 1985-2000 (15))
I65 Spout (Female; 1990)
I103 (Unknown; 2003-2015 (12))
In 2014, I103 became trapped in a fisherman's net near Port Hardy. The fisherman worked quickly to try to free the young whale, and I103 managed to hold their breath for 12 minutes, the rest of the I15's doing the same to stay with their trapped family member. The fisherman eventually cut his net, untangling them and allowing them to escape
I122 (Male; 2007)
I145 (Unknown; 2014)
I165 (Unknown; 2020)
Photo Credit: Cindi Crowder Rausch
I102
Photo Credit:
I172
Photo Credit: Mackay Whale Watching
I27 Sointula
Photo Credit: Northern Resident Killer Whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification Catalogue and Population Status to 2010
I63 Donegal
Photo Credit: Coastal Rainforest Safaris
I77
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
I107
Photo Credit: Stubbs Island Whale Watching
I16 Trinity/Hecate
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
I72
Photo Credit: Northern Resident Killer Whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification Catalogue and Population Status to 2010
I43 Malcolm
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
I85
Photo Credit: Eagle Eye Photography
I98 Darby
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
I128 Rivers
Photo Credit: Stubbs Island Whale Watching
I154 Seafire
Photo Credit: Oliver Haussmann
I51 Magee/Naka
Photo Credit: Coastal Rainforest Safaris
I106 Cultus
Photo Credit: Mark Arsenault
I129 Spitfire
Photo Credit: Monika Wieland Shields
I144 Spiller
Photo Credit: Mark Arsenault
I164 Numas