Balaenoptera physalus
(Redirected from Fin Whale)
Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Cetacea • Subordo: Mysticeti • Familia: Balaenopteridae • Genus: Balaenoptera • Species: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- English: Fin whale, Common Rorqual, Finback, Fin-backed Whale, Finner, Fin Whale, Herring Whale, Razorback, fin whale
- Afrikaans: Rorkwal
- العربية: حوت زعنفي
- مصرى: حوت زعنفى
- asturianu: ballena
- Kotava: Megenol
- azərbaycanca: Finval
- беларуская: Фінвал
- български: Финвал
- brezhoneg: Balum boutin
- català: Rorqual comú
- čeština: Plejtvák myšok
- Cymraeg: Morfil asgellog llwyd
- dansk: Finhval
- Deutsch: Finnwal
- Ελληνικά: Πτεροφάλαινα
- British English: fin whale
- Esperanto: Balenoptero
- español: Ballena Aleta, Ballena Boba, Rorcual Común
- eesti: Heeringavaal
- euskara: Zere arrunt
- فارسی: نهنگ تیغباله
- suomi: Sillivalas
- føroyskt: Nebbafiskur
- français: Baleine à nageoires, Baleine fin, Baleinoptère commune, Rorqual Commun, baleine fin
- galego: Rorcual común
- עברית: לווייתן מצוי
- hrvatski: Kit perajar
- magyar: Közönséges barázdásbálna
- հայերեն: Ֆինվալ
- Bahasa Indonesia: Paus sirip
- íslenska: Langreyður
- 日本語: ナガスクジラ
- ქართული: ფინვალი
- қазақша: Финвал
- 한국어: 참고래
- Ligure: Baléna cumüne
- lietuvių: Finvalas
- latviešu: Finvalis
- македонски: кит перајар
- മലയാളം: ചിറകൻ തിമിംഗിലം
- 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Thong-thò Hái-ang
- norsk bokmål: finnhval
- Nederlands: gewone vinvis
- norsk nynorsk: Finnkval
- norsk: Finnhval
- Diné bizaad: Łóóʼtsoh nineezígíí
- polski: Płetwal zwyczajny, Finwal
- پنجابی: فن وہیل
- português: Baleia-comum
- русский: Финвал
- srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Kit perajar
- Simple English: Fin whale
- slovenčina: Vráskavec myšok
- slovenščina: brazdasti kit
- српски / srpski: Кит перајар
- српски (ћирилица): Кит перајар
- srpski (latinica): Kit perajar
- svenska: Sillval
- தமிழ்: துடுப்புத் திமிங்கலம்
- ไทย: วาฬฟิน
- Türkçe: Oluklu balina
- українська: Смугач фінвал
- Tiếng Việt: Cá voi vây
- 吴语: 长须鲸
- 中文: 長須鯨, 长须鲸
- 中文（中国大陆）: 长须鲸
- 中文（简体）: 长须鲸
- 中文（繁體）: 長鬚鯨
- 中文（香港）: 長鬚鯨
- 中文（新加坡）: 长须鲸
- 中文（臺灣）: 長須鯨
Wikispecies has an entry on:
- Subspecies (for MSW): Balaenoptera physalus physalus, Balaenoptera physalus quoyi
- IUCN:
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (old web site) (Endangered)
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from the air
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ridge on nostril is visible
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dorsal fin is visible, off San Diego
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passing through the Raspberry Straight, Kodiak Islands
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in the Kenai Fjords near Resurrection Bay, Alaska (note the white color on lower jaw)
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feeding from the air (expanding bottom ridges clearly visible)
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surfacing in St. Lawrence River
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in St. Lawrence River
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a pod cavorting in St. Lawrence River near Quebec
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Lunge feeding
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in Bay of Fundy
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feeding near the beach at St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River, Newfoundland
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a pair in Pelagos Cetacean Sanctuary, Ligurian region in the Mediterranean sea
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surfacing in Icelandic water
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photographed in Disko Bay, western Greenland
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Fin whale song pattern
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A pod photographed on board of Loch Etive between in 1885 and in 1911, in southern ocean possibly on the way to Crozet Islands.
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Inaccurate illustration of fin whale - asymmetrical white coloration on wrong side of body
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Skeleton
