Balaenoptera physalus

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Cetacea • Subordo: Mysticeti • Familia: Balaenopteridae • Genus: Balaenoptera • Species: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'fin whale']

• English: Fin whale, Common Rorqual, Finback, Fin-backed Whale, Finner, Fin Whale, Herring Whale, Razorback, fin whale
• Afrikaans: Rorkwal
• العربية: حوت زعنفي
• مصرى: حوت زعنفى
• asturianu: ballena
• Kotava: Megenol
• azərbaycanca: Finval
• беларуская: Фінвал
• български: Финвал
• brezhoneg: Balum boutin
• català: Rorqual comú
• čeština: Plejtvák myšok
• Cymraeg: Morfil asgellog llwyd
• dansk: Finhval
• Deutsch: Finnwal
• Ελληνικά: Πτεροφάλαινα
• British English: fin whale
• Esperanto: Balenoptero
• español: Ballena Aleta, Ballena Boba, Rorcual Común
• eesti: Heeringavaal
• euskara: Zere arrunt
• فارسی: نهنگ تیغ‌باله
• suomi: Sillivalas
• français: Baleine à nageoires, Baleine fin, Baleinoptère commune, Rorqual Commun, baleine fin
• galego: Rorcual común
• עברית: לווייתן מצוי
• hrvatski: Kit perajar
• magyar: Közönséges barázdásbálna
• հայերեն: Ֆինվալ
• Bahasa Indonesia: Paus sirip
• íslenska: Langreyður
• 日本語: ナガスクジラ
• ქართული: ფინვალი
• қазақша: Финвал
• 한국어: 큰고래
• Ligure: Balenn-a/VE
• lietuvių: Finvalas
• latviešu: Finvalis
• македонски: кит перајар
• മലയാളം: ചിറകൻ തിമിംഗിലം
• 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Thong-thò Hái-ang
• norsk bokmål: finnhval
• Nederlands: gewone vinvis
• norsk nynorsk: Finnkval
• norsk: Finnhval
• Diné bizaad: Łóóʼtsoh nineezígíí
• polski: Płetwal zwyczajny, Finwal
• پنجابی: فن وہیل
• português: Baleia-comum
• русский: Финвал
• srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Kit perajar
• Simple English: Fin whale
• slovenčina: Vráskavec myšok
• slovenščina: brazdasti kit
• српски / srpski: Кит перајар
• српски (ћирилица): Кит перајар
• srpski (latinica): Kit perajar
• svenska: Sillval
• தமிழ்: துடுப்புத் திமிங்கலம்
• ไทย: วาฬฟิน
• Türkçe: Oluklu balina
• українська: Смугач фінвал
• Tiếng Việt: Cá voi vây
• 吴语: 长须鲸
• 中文: 長須鯨, 长须鲸
• 中文（中国大陆）: 长须鲸
• 中文（简体）: 长须鲸
• 中文（繁體）: 長鬚鯨
• 中文（香港）: 長鬚鯨
• 中文（新加坡）: 长须鲸
• 中文（臺灣）: 長須鯨

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Balaenoptera physalus

• Subspecies (for MSW): Balaenoptera physalus physalus, Balaenoptera physalus quoyi

• Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus, 1758

• ITIS link: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• IUCN: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (old web site) (Endangered)

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  from the air
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  ridge on nostril is visible
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  dorsal fin is visible, off San Diego
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  passing through the Raspberry Straight, Kodiak Islands
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  in the Kenai Fjords near Resurrection Bay, Alaska (note the white color on lower jaw)
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  feeding from the air (expanding bottom ridges clearly visible)
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  surfacing in St. Lawrence River
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  in St. Lawrence River
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  a pod cavorting in St. Lawrence River near Quebec
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  Lunge feeding
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  in Bay of Fundy
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  feeding near the beach at St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River, Newfoundland
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  a pair in Pelagos Cetacean Sanctuary, Ligurian region in the Mediterranean sea
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  surfacing in Icelandic water
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  photographed in Disko Bay, western Greenland
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  Fin whale song pattern
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  A pod photographed on board of Loch Etive between in 1885 and in 1911, in southern ocean possibly on the way to Crozet Islands.
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  Inaccurate illustration of fin whale - asymmetrical white coloration on wrong side of body
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  Faroese stamp of 2001.
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  Skeleton