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--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER MYSTICETI
--> FAMILY Balaenopteridae
--> GENUS Balaenoptera
SPECIES Balaenoptera physalus
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 75. | | Common Name: | Fin Whale | | Type Locality: | "Habitat in Oceano Europeao", restricted to Norway, near Svalbard, Spitsbergen Sea by Thomas (1911a). | | Distribution: | Worldwide: arctic to tropical waters. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Gambell (1985b). Rice (1998:77) recognized B. b. quoyi (sic) (Southern Fin Whale). |
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