CaRMS taxon details
original 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]
context 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]
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]
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
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
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
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
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em> [details]
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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]From other sources
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 East Pacific; Eastern and Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific [details]
Distribution circum-global [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]
Habitat inshore to offshore [details]
Language | Name | |
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Afrikaans |
minke-walvis |
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Aleut |
agamakhchik |
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Catalan |
rorqual d'aleta blanca |
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Chukot |
kauchikan uiiut |
[details] |
Czech |
plejtvák stikovitý |
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Danish |
vågehvalsildepiskerlille Rorhval |
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Dutch |
dwergvinvisdwergfinvisch |
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English |
summer whalesharp-headed finner whalerorqual aliblancopikehead whalenorthern minke whaleMinkie's whaleminke whalelittle piked whalelittle finnerlesser piked whalelesser finbackleast rorqualdwarf minke whaleDavidson's whalecommon minke whalebeaked rorqualbay whalebagwhale |
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French |
rorqual mineurrorqual à rostrerorqual à museau pointupetit rorqualbalenoptere a bec aigubaleine d'été |
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German |
ZwergwalSpitzkopf-Finnfisch |
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Hebrew |
לויתן גוץ |
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Icelandic |
hrefnahrafureydur |
[details] |
Italian |
balenottera rostratabalenottera minore |
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Japanese |
ミンククジラ/コイワシクジラminkukupokarukoiwashi kujira |
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Kalaallisut |
chikagulik |
[details] |
Korean |
mingkeu-gorae |
[details] |
Lithuanian |
mažasis ruožuotis |
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Malagasy |
trozona maran-doha |
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Modern Greek (1453-) |
Ρυγχοφάλαινα |
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Norwegian |
vågehvalvaage-Qvalvaagehvalrebbehvalminkies hvalminkehval |
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Norwegian Bokmål |
vågehval |
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Norwegian Nynorsk |
vågekval |
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Polish |
płetwal karłowaty |
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Portuguese |
baleia-minke-anabaleia minke |
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Russian |
малый полосатикили остроголовый полосатикzalivovostromordyi polosatikostrogolovyi polosatikminkemalyi polosatikakarlikovyi polosatik |
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Slovenian |
Ščukasti kit |
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Spanish |
rorqual pequeñororqual de aleta blancarorcual picudororcual menorrorcual enanororcual de Minkerorcual aliblancoballena minkeballena menorballena enana |
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Swedish |
vinkvalvikvalvikarehvalspetsnäbbad finnfisk |
[details] |
Thai |
plawan klaebkhribkhaodam |
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Turkish |
bayağı minke balinası |
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Ukrainian |
Смугач малий |
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Welsh |
morfil pigfainmorfil minke |
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Yupik languages |
qungvughaqchikagulik |
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