Thanks for that confirmation on UCSB Swimmboy and no doubt my "whale" is
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.6079...51603&pid=15.1
( though I keep reading three indistinct letters as FOX instead of five letters for FINIS ).
Funnily enough there is FOX swimwear but it is for women.
(I shall pursue Ducko "Mexicana" and post if lucky to find elsewhere)