Balaenoptera physalus

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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Cetacea • Subordo: Mysticeti • Familia: Balaenopteridae • Genus: Balaenoptera • Species: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • from the air
    from the air
  • ridge on nostril is visible
    ridge on nostril is visible
  • dorsal fin is visible, off San Diego
    dorsal fin is visible, off San Diego
  • passing through the Raspberry Straight, Kodiak Islands
    passing through the Raspberry Straight, Kodiak Islands
  • in the Kenai Fjords near Resurrection Bay, Alaska (note the white color on lower jaw)
    in the Kenai Fjords near Resurrection Bay, Alaska (note the white color on lower jaw)
  • feeding from the air (expanding bottom ridges clearly visible)
    feeding from the air (expanding bottom ridges clearly visible)
  • surfacing in St. Lawrence River
    surfacing in St. Lawrence River
  • in St. Lawrence River
    in St. Lawrence River
  • a pod cavorting in St. Lawrence River near Quebec
    a pod cavorting in St. Lawrence River near Quebec
  • Lunge feeding
    Lunge feeding
  • in Bay of Fundy
    in Bay of Fundy
  • feeding near the beach at St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River, Newfoundland
    feeding near the beach at St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River, Newfoundland
  • a pair in Pelagos Cetacean Sanctuary, Ligurian region in the Mediterranean sea
    a pair in Pelagos Cetacean Sanctuary, Ligurian region in the Mediterranean sea
  • surfacing in Icelandic water
    surfacing in Icelandic water
  • photographed in Disko Bay, western Greenland
    photographed in Disko Bay, western Greenland
  • Fin whale song pattern
    Fin whale song pattern
  • A pod photographed on board of Loch Etive between in 1885 and in 1911, in southern ocean possibly on the way to Crozet Islands.
    A pod photographed on board of Loch Etive between in 1885 and in 1911, in southern ocean possibly on the way to Crozet Islands.
  • Inaccurate illustration of fin whale - asymmetrical white coloration on wrong side of body
    Inaccurate illustration of fin whale - asymmetrical white coloration on wrong side of body
  • Faroese stamp of 2001.
    Faroese stamp of 2001.
  • Skeleton
    Skeleton
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