Relationships towards this taxonGenus group namesChildrenBalaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804
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(-) Afrikaans: minke-walvis Aleutian: agamakhchik Bokmål (Norwegian): vågehval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Catalan: rorqual d'aleta blanca Chukchi (Louravetlany): kauchikan uiiut Chukot: kauchikan uiiut Czech: plejtvák stikovitý Danish: lille Rorhval; sildepisker; vågehval Dutch: dvergvinvisch; dwergfinvisch; dwergvinvis sources: Camphuysen, Kees English: bagwhale; bay whale; beaked rorqual; common minke whale; Davidson's whale; dwarf minke whale; least rorqual; lesser finback; lesser piked whale; little finner; little piked whale; minke whale; Minkie's whale; northern minke whale; pikehead whale; rorqual aliblanco; sharp-headed finner whale; summer whale sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms;Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species Identification Guide. Rome. 312 p.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) English-United States: Minke Whale sources: Charles Hussey French: baleine d'été; balenoptere a bec aigu; petit rorqual; rorqual à museau pointu; rorqual à rostre; rorqual mineur German: Spitzkopf-Finnfisch; Zwergwal Greek: Ρυγχοφάλαινα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Greenlandic: chikagulik Icelandic: hrafureydur Israel (Hebrew): לויתן גוץ sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Italian: balenottera minore ; balenottera rostrata sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Japanese: koiwashi kujira; kupokaru; minku Kalaallisut: chikagulik Korean: mingkeu-gorae Lithuanian: mažasis ruožuotis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Malagasi: trozona maran-doha Norwegian: minkehval; minkies hval; rebbehval; vaagehval; vaage-Qval; vågehval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Norwegian Bokmål: vågehval sources: Hist. Nat. Cetacees, p. 134 Norwegian Nynorsk: vågekval sources: Hist. Nat. Cetacees, p. 134 Nynorsk (Norwegian): vågekval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Polish: płetwal karłowaty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Portuguese: baleia minke; baleia-minke-ana Russian: karlikovyi polosatik; malyi polosatika; minke; ostrogolovyi polosatik; ostromordyi polosatik; zalivov; или остроголовый полосатик; малый полосатик sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Slovenian: Ščukasti kit sources: Davorin Tome Spanish, Castillian: ballena emana; ballena enana; ballena menor; ballena minke; rorcual aliblanco; rorcual de Minke; rorcual enano; rorcual menor; rorcual picudo; rorqual de aleta blanca; rorqual pequeño sources: ITIS database;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Swedish: spetsnäbbad finnfisk; vikarehval; vikval; vinkval Thai: plawan klaebkhribkhaodam Turkish: bayağı minke balinası sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Ukrainian: Смугач малий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Welsh: morfil minke; morfil pigfain sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Yupik: chikagulik; qungvughaq Literatureoriginal description | de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. In Buffon, Histoire naturelle, vol. 37:317. | basis of record | van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376 | additional source | Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station. | additional source | Waring, G.T., J.M. Quintal and C.P. Fairfield (eds.). 2002. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal dtock assessments, 2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS- NE- 169. 318 p. | additional source | Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. | additional source | IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | additional source | Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. | additional source | ITIS database | additional source | Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. | 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. | additional source | Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. | additional source | Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. | additional source | Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 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. | additional source | Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. | additional source | Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. | 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, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. |
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CitationPerrin, W. (2014). Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804. In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137087Image![loading](images/ajax-loader.gif)
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