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WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors  [request]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details]
additional source
Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source
Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source
Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source
Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source
Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
ecology source
Fioravanti, T.; Maio, N.; Latini, L.; Splendiani, A.; Guarino, F. M.; Mezzasalma, M.; Petraccioli, A.; Cozzi, B.; Mazzariol, S.; Centelleghe, C.; Sciancalepore, G.; Pietroluongo, G.; Podestà, M.; Caputo Barucchi, V. (2022). Nothing is as it seems: genetic analyses on stranded fin whales unveil the presence of a fin-blue whale hybrid in the Mediterranean Sea (Balaenopteridae). <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 89(1): 590-600., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2022.2063426 [details] 
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From editor or global species database
Holotype None; based primarily on Balaena fistula duplici of Artedi, 1738. [details]
IUCN Red List Category Endangered (EN); Antarctic population Critically Endangered (CR) [details]
Morphology Distinguishing characteristics: colour slate blue to grayish blue and mottled with lighter spots, particularly on the back and shoulders. Underside often covered with microorganisms, giving the belly a yellowish tinge. dorsal fin short, only about 35 cm, and placed far back on the body. Upper jaw is the widest in the genus, and the rostrum is the bluntest. There are 50-90 throat grooves that extend from the chin to just beyond the navel. Average length is adult males is 25 m and females is 27m. Largest animal in the world. [details]
Type locality Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK [details]Unreviewed
Diet euphausiids with some squid, amphipods, copepods, red crabs [details]
Dimensions Length: male 65 1/2' -101 1/2' (20-31 m), female 69-110' (21-33.6 m), at birth 19 1/2' + (5.9 m+) [details]
Distribution in all oceans [details]
Distribution Found in all oceans of the world. Antarctica/Southern Ocean; East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details]
Habitat offshore [details]
Habitat mostly offshore but also near the coast [details]
Predators None [details]
Reproduction Gestation is 11-12 months long with young born in warm, low latitude waters in the winter months after the adults return from their high latitude feeding grounds. Weaned: 7-8 months. Sexual maturity occurs at 8-9 years and young are produced every 2-3 years. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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Afrikaans |
blouwalvis |
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Aleut |
omgoliaabugulikh |
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Catalan |
balena blava |
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Chukot |
tnmerken-uiiutakhvorkhrikh |
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Czech |
plejtvák obrovský |
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Dutch |
blauwe vinvis |
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English |
sulphurbottom whaleSibbald's rorqualOstende whalegreat rorqualgreat northern rorqualgreat blue whalefinny whalecommon rorqualblue whaleblue rorqual |
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French |
rorqual de Sibbaldrorqual bleubaleine jubartebaleine d'Ostendbaleine bleue |
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German |
SchwefelbauchwalSchanelwalRiesenwalBlauwal |
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Icelandic |
steypireydrhrefnahafreydur |
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Indonesian |
paus birulaylan agi |
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Italian |
balenottera azzura |
[details] | |
Japanese |
シロナガスクジラsiro nagasu kujira |
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Kalaallisut |
tunnolik |
[details] | |
Korean |
daewang-gorae |
[details] | |
Malagasy |
trozona manga |
[details] | |
Norwegian |
rörqualheipe-reydurblaahval |
[details] | |
Portuguese |
baleia azul |
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Russian |
sinii kitgoluboi kitbolshoi polosatikblyuval |
[details] | |
Spanish |
rorcual giganterorcual azulkilagran rorcalballena azulalfawarealfaguara |
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Swedish |
muskel finnfiskjattenhvalblaval |
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Yupik languages |
takyshkoktakerrkak |
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http://www.marinemammals.gov.au/sorp
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Balaena maximus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Rorqualus borealis Hamilton, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera gigas Reinhardt, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Balaena borealis Fischer, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera jubartes Lacépède, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Sibbaldius antarcticus Burmeister, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Pterobalaena gigas Reinhardt, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera sibbaldi Van Beneden, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera indica Blyth, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Physalus latirostris Flower, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (350 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera miramaris Lahille, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera carolinae Malm, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Rorqualus major Knox, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications) (from synonym Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Rorqualus boops F. Cuvier, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera sibbaldii Flower, 1885)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balaenoptera musculus)
To GenBank (70521 nucleotides; 54766 proteins) (from synonym Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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