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WoRMS taxon detailsBalaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
 137087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137087)
accepted
Species
Agaphelus gibbosus Cope, 1968 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena gibbosa Cope, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena microcephala Tomilin, 1957 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena minima Rapp, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena minima borealis Knox, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaenoptera acutorostrata thalmaha Deraniyagala, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaenoptera acuturostrata Lacépède, 1804 · unaccepted (lapsus calami)
Balaenoptera davidsoni Scammon, 1872 · unaccepted
Balaenoptera eschrichtius Rasch, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaenoptera microcephala Gray, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaenoptera rostrata Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaenoptera thalmaha · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaenoptera thalmaha thalmaha Deranyagala, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterobalaena minor Eschricht, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterobalaena minor bergensis Eschricht, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterobalaena minor groenlandica Eschricht, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterobalaena nana Barkow, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterobalaena nana pentadactyla Barkow, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterobalaena nana tetradactyla Barkow, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterobalaena pentadactyla Flower, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rorqualus minor Hamilton, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sibbaldius mondinii Capellini, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine,
de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7339#/summary [details]
Note Cherbourg, France
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cherbourg, France [details]
Distribution On a small note in Dubar (1828) was written that this species was stranded in Blankenberge (Belgium) in 1837
(Dubar, J....
Distribution On a small note in Dubar (1828) was written that this species was stranded in Blankenberge (Belgium) in 1837 (Dubar, J. (1828). Ostéographie de la baleine échouée à l'est du port d'Ostende, le 4 novembre 1827; précédée d'une notice sur la découverte et la dissection de ce Cétacée. Laurent Frères, Imprimeurs-Libraires: Bruxelles, Belgium. 61, 13 folded plates pp.) [details] Distribution circum-global
Distribution circum-global [details] Distribution East Pacific; Eastern and Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific
Distribution East Pacific; Eastern and Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137087 on 2025-07-16
Date action by
Nomenclatureoriginal description
de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7339#/summary [details] basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] Ecologyecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  Othercontext source (HKRMS)
Parsons, E. C. M., Felley, M. L. & Porter, L. J. (1996). An annotated checklist of cetaceans recorded from Hong Kong's territorial waters. In Asian Marine Biology 12 (ed. Morton, B.), PP79-100. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Mitchell, E. D., Jr. (1991). Winter records of the Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata Lacepede 1804) in the Southern North Atlantic. Rep. Int. Wahl. Commn. , 41: 455-457 [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 Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors  [request]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.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details] additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Maio, N., Giovannotti, M., Caputo Barucchi, V. et. al. (2016). Haplotype characterization of a young stranded Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804): is the Mediterranean Sea a potential calving or nursery ground for the species?. <em>Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy.</em> 27(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-27.2-11661 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Holotype None; name based on general accounts by authors and the description of a young individual stranded in 1791 near Cherbourg, France. [details]IUCN Red List Category Least Concern (LC) [details] Morphology Distinguishing characteristics: white flipper patches. Blow not readily visible. Colour is light grey with white belly. [details] Predators Killer whale (Orcinus orca) [details] Type locality Cherbourg, France [details] Unreviewed
Diet schooling fish and various invertebrates [details]Dimensions Length: male 22-32' (6.7-9.8 m), female 24-35' (7.3-10.7 m), at birth 8'+ (2.4 m+) [details] Distribution On a small note in Dubar (1828) was written that this species was stranded in Blankenberge (Belgium) in 1837 (Dubar, J. (1828). Ostéographie de la baleine échouée à l'est du port d'Ostende, le 4 novembre 1827; précédée d'une notice sur la découverte et la dissection de ce Cétacée. Laurent Frères, Imprimeurs-Libraires: Bruxelles, Belgium. 61, 13 folded plates pp.) [details] Distribution circum-global [details] Distribution East Pacific; Eastern and Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific [details] Habitat inshore to offshore [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Balaenoptera acuturostrata Lacépède, 1804) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pterobalaena nana pentadactyla Barkow, 1862) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pterobalaena nana tetradactyla Barkow, 1862) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera microcephala Gray, 1850) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Balaena minima Rapp, 1837) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (145 publications) (from synonym Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pterobalaena pentadactyla Flower, 1865) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera acutorostrata thalmaha Deraniyagala, 1963) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera davidsoni Scammon, 1872) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pterobalaena minor bergensis Eschricht, 1849) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Balaena gibbosa Cope, 1868) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Balaena microcephala Tomilin, 1957) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (351 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera rostrata Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Agaphelus gibbosus Cope, 1968) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Rorqualus minor Hamilton, 1837) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Pterobalaena minor Eschricht, 1849) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pterobalaena minor groenlandica Eschricht, 1849) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sibbaldius mondinii Capellini, 1877) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) To GenBank (86472 nucleotides; 54191 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 12177 Balaenoptera acutorostrata Skull A) To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 12177 Balaenoptera acutorostrata Skull B) To PESI To ITIS From editor or global species database
        Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
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