Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.75

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Cetacea: family
Balaenopteridae: genus
Balaenoptera: species
Balaenoptera physalus

Name

Synonyms: Balaena antipodarum Tomilin, 1957; Balaena maximus borealis Knox, 1838; Balaena mysticetus major Kerr, 1792; Balaena physalis Kerr, 1792; Balaena physalus Linnaeus, 1758; Balaena rostrata australis Desmoulins, 1822; Balaena sulcata Neill, 1811; Balaena tschudii (Reichenbach, 1846); Balaenoptera antarctica Gray, 1846; Balaenoptera antiquorum Gray, 1846; Balaenoptera aragous Farines & Carcasonne, 1829; Balaenoptera australis Gray, 1846; Balaenoptera blythii Anderson, 1879; Balaenoptera brasiliensis Gray, 1846; Balaenoptera copei (Elliot, 1901); Balaenoptera mediterraneensis Lesson, 1828; Balaenoptera mediterranensis Cabrera, 1961; Balaenoptera patachonica Lahille, 1905; Balaenoptera patachonicha tschudii (Reichenbach, 1846); Balaenoptera patagonica Dabbene, 1902
Homonyms: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names: Baleine fin in French; Baleine à nageoires in French; Baleinoptère commune in French; Balenoptero in Esperanto; Balhena in language.; Baliena Mbaðða in Maltese; Ballena Aleta in Spanish; Ballena de aleta in Spanish; Ballena de aleta in Spanish; Ballena de aleta in Spanish; Ballena de aleta in Spanish; Balum boutin in Breton; Blauwal in German; Common Finback in English; Common Roqualor Fin Whale in English; Common Rorqual in English; Common Rorqual in English; Cá voi vây in Vietnamese; Droimeiteach in Irish; Fin Whale in English; Fin Whale in English; Fin Whale in English; Fin Whale in English; Fin Whale in English; Fin Whale in English; Fin Whale in English; Fin Whale in English; Fin whale in language.; Fin-backed Whale in English; Fin-backed Whale in English; Fin-backed Whale in English; Finback in English; Finback in English; Finback in English; Finback Whale in English; Finfish in English; Finhval in Danish; Finner in English; Finner in English; Finnfisch in German; Finnhval in Norwegian; Finnwal in German; Finnwal in English; Finnwal in German; Finnwal in German; Finnwal in German; Finvalis in Latvian; Gewone Rorkwal-vinwalvis in Afrikaans; Gibbar in English; Heeringavaal in Estonian

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