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Balaenoptera acutorostrata

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Noun1.Balaenoptera acutorostrata - small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and PacificBalaenoptera acutorostrata - small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
rorqual, razorback - any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
Balaenoptera, genus Balaenoptera - type genus of the Balaenopteridae


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The ectoparasites and endoparasites in the minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, from the western north Pacific Ocean.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The sub-species of minke, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, was first noticed in the Great Barrier Reef in the late 1970s and dwarf minke whales were only recognised as a distinct form in the mid-1980s.
Kogia breviceps or Kogia sima Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata Unidentified small whale Medium-size whales Baud's beaked whale Berardius hairdii Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis Sei or Bryde's whale B.
 
 
 
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