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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804

137087  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137087)

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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 acuturostrata Lacépède, 1804 · unaccepted (lapsus calami)
Balaenoptera eschrichtius Rasch, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaenoptera microcephala Gray, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaenoptera thalmaha · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterobalaena minor Eschricht, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterobalaena nana Barkow, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rorqualus minor Hamilton, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sibbaldius mondinii Capellini, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)

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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. (2024). 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 2024-10-14
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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  PDF available [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  PDF available [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  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

ecology 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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
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]

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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]
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LanguageName 
Afrikaans minke-walvis  [details]
Aleut agamakhchik  [details]
Catalan rorqual d'aleta blanca  [details]
Chukot kauchikan uiiut  [details]
Czech plejtvák stikovitý  [details]
Danish vågehvalsildepiskerlille Rorhval  [details]
Dutch dwergvinvisdwergfinvisch  [details]
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  [details]
French rorqual mineurrorqual à rostrerorqual à museau pointupetit rorqualbalenoptere a bec aigubaleine d'été  [details]
German ZwergwalSpitzkopf-Finnfisch  [details]
Hebrew לויתן גוץ  [details]
Icelandic hrefnahrafureydur  [details]
Italian balenottera rostratabalenottera minore  [details]
Japanese ミンククジラ/コイワシクジラminkukupokarukoiwashi kujira  [details]
Kalaallisut chikagulik  [details]
Korean mingkeu-gorae  [details]
Lithuanian mažasis ruožuotis  [details]
Malagasy trozona maran-doha  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Ρυγχοφάλαινα  [details]
Norwegian vågehvalvaage-Qvalvaagehvalrebbehvalminkies hvalminkehval  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål vågehval  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk vågekval  [details]
Polish płetwal karłowaty  [details]
Portuguese baleia-minke-anabaleia minke  [details]
Russian малый полосатикили остроголовый полосатикzalivovostromordyi polosatikostrogolovyi polosatikminkemalyi polosatikakarlikovyi polosatik  [details]
Slovenian Ščukasti kit  [details]
Spanish rorqual pequeñororqual de aleta blancarorcual picudororcual menorrorcual enanororcual de Minkerorcual aliblancoballena minkeballena menorballena enana  [details]
Swedish vinkvalvikvalvikarehvalspetsnäbbad finnfisk  [details]
Thai plawan klaebkhribkhaodam  [details]
Turkish bayağı minke balinası  [details]
Ukrainian Смугач малий  [details]
Welsh morfil pigfainmorfil minke  [details]
Yupik languages qungvughaqchikagulik  [details]