Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 
AphiaID: 137087

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Mysticeti > Balaenopteridae > Balaenoptera

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804
Sources		original description: de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. In Buffon, Histoire naturelle, vol. 37:317. [details] basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details] additional source: Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station., available online at http://www.gmwsrs.org/main.htm [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. [details] additional source: Waring, G.T., J.M. Quintal and C.P. Fairfield (eds.). 2002. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal dtock assessments, 2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS- NE- 169. 318 p. [details] additional source: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] additional source: Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. [details] additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [details] additional source: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] additional source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details] additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Afrikaans minke-walvis  [details] Aleut agamakhchik  [details] Catalan rorqual d'aleta blanca  [details] Chukot kauchikan uiiut  [details] Czech plejtvák stikovitý  [details] Danish lille Rorhval  [details] Danish sildepisker  [details] Danish vågehval  [details] Dutch dwergfinvisch  [details] Dutch dwergvinvis  [details] English bagwhale  [details] English bay whale  [details] English beaked rorqual  [details] English common minke whale  [details] English Davidson's whale  [details] English dwarf minke whale  [details] English least rorqual  [details] English lesser finback  [details] English lesser piked whale  [details] English little finner  [details] English little piked whale  [details] English minke whale  [details] English Minkie's whale  [details] English northern minke whale  [details] English pikehead whale  [details] English rorqual aliblanco  [details] English sharp-headed finner whale  [details] English summer whale  [details] French baleine d'été  [details] French balenoptere a bec aigu  [details] French petit rorqual  [details] French rorqual à museau pointu  [details] French rorqual à rostre  [details] French rorqual mineur  [details] German Spitzkopf-Finnfisch  [details] German Zwergwal  [details] Hebrew לויתן גוץ  [details] Icelandic hrafureydur  [details] Icelandic hrefna  [details] Italian balenottera minore  [details] Italian balenottera rostrata  [details] Japanese koiwashi kujira  [details] Japanese kupokaru  [details] Japanese minku  [details] Kalaallisut chikagulik  [details] Korean mingkeu-gorae  [details] Lithuanian mažasis ruožuotis  [details] Malagasy trozona maran-doha  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Ρυγχοφάλαινα  [details] Norwegian minkehval  [details] Norwegian minkies hval  [details] Norwegian rebbehval  [details] Norwegian vaagehval  [details] Norwegian vaage-Qval  [details] Norwegian vågehval  [details] Norwegian Bokmål vågehval  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk vågekval  [details] Polish płetwal karłowaty  [details] Portuguese baleia minke  [details] Portuguese baleia-minke-ana  [details] Russian karlikovyi polosatik  [details] Russian malyi polosatika  [details] Russian minke  [details] Russian ostrogolovyi polosatik  [details] Russian ostromordyi polosatik  [details] Russian zalivov  [details] Russian или остроголовый полосатик  [details] Russian малый полосатик  [details] Slovenian Ščukasti kit  [details] Spanish ballena enana  [details] Spanish ballena menor  [details] Spanish ballena minke  [details] Spanish rorcual aliblanco  [details] Spanish rorcual de Minke  [details] Spanish rorcual enano  [details] Spanish rorcual menor  [details] Spanish rorcual picudo  [details] Spanish rorqual de aleta blanca  [details] Spanish rorqual pequeño  [details] Swedish spetsnäbbad finnfisk  [details] Swedish vikarehval  [details] Swedish vikval  [details] Swedish vinkval  [details] Thai plawan klaebkhribkhaodam  [details] Turkish bayağı minke balinası  [details] Ukrainian Смугач малий  [details] Welsh morfil pigfain  [details] Yupik languages chikagulik  [details] Yupik languages qungvughaq  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Antarctica [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Comores [details] Danish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Kenya [details] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Southern Bight [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Subantarctic Waters [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] World Oceans [details]
Host of		Pennella balaenopterae Koren & Danielssen, 1877 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (442 nucleotides; 259 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Images		Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 12 & 13) added on 2008-06-02 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 22:56:42 Balaenoptera acutorostrata added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-13 18:32:56 Common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) added on 2009-05-02 - author: NOAA NMFS SWFSC PRD qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-05-02 00:29:44 Minke whale feeding added on 2010-07-24 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-13 18:33:15 Minke whale added on 2011-09-28 - author: Debergh, Heidi qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-13 18:35:11 Minke whale added on 2011-09-28 - author: Debergh, Heidi qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-13 18:36:09 Minke whale added on 2011-09-28 - author: Debergh, Heidi qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-13 18:36:22 Balaenoptera acutorostrata added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-13 18:36:36 Balaenoptera acutorostrata added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-13 18:38:16
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137087
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137087 on 2013-05-21
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