Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
Current Matriarch: T086A Eider
Number of Individuals: 10 (7 living- 4 female, 1 male, 2 unknown gender; 3 deceased- 1 female, 2 unknown gender)
T086 Spider (Female; 1974-2007 (33))
T086's dorsal fin and part of her saddle patch was found in Twin Harbors State Park, WA on May 22, 2007 after having been severed by a catastrophic propeller strike. The rest of her body was never found
T086A Eider (Female; 1988)
Has an injury to her jaw that prevents her from closing it fully and has caused her to loose the first four teeth on the right side of her bottom jaw and possibly some on her top jaw as well. Despite this injury, she seems perfectly capable of hunting and surviving on her own. Was found to be 6.3m (20.66ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T086A1 Nahanni (Female; 2001)
Doesn't always travel with the rest of the matriline. Name means "river of the land of the Nahʔa people" in the Athabaskan language
T086A1A (Unknown; 2019-2019 (<1))
T086A1B Denali (Unknown; 2021)
Means "the high one" or "the great one" in the Koyukon/Denaakk'e language
T086A2 Ithuteng (Unknown; 2005-2008? (3?))
Death year is unknown but is based off of the last known mention of them
T086A3 Tyndall (Female; 2011)
Was found to be 5m (16.4ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T086A3A Tenakee (tuh-nah-key) (Unknown; 2024)
Name comes from the Tlingit word "tinaghu" meaning "coppery shield bay", a placename for the village of T'einaag̱ee (Tenakee Springs) in Alaska
T086A4 Akia (Female; 2016)
Was found to be 4.1m (13.45ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T086A5 Siku (Male; 2024)
Name is the inuit word for "sea ice"
Photo Credit: Transients: Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales of British Columbia, Washington, and Southeast Alaska
T086 Spider
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T086A1 Nahanni
Photo Credit: Transient Killer Whales of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska
T086A2 Ithuteng
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T086A Eider
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T086A1B Denali
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T086A3 Tyndall
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T086A3A Tenakee
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T086A4 Akia
Photo Credit: Tasli Shaw
T086A5 Siku