Taxon Profile: Balaenoptera physalus
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 37
- Common Name
- Fin Whale
- Authority
- Linnaeus,1758
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Balaenopteridae
- Genus
- Balaenoptera
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- Catalogue id
- IA10735
- Caption
- Minke Whale possibly in Ross Sea near McMurdo Sound
- Photographer
- Neff, Kevin
Profile
- Source of taxon data
- CAVS
- Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
- CAVS 8.1 on 3-Jun-1994
- Comments
- CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94
Traits
| CAVS Identifier CAVS Identifier | C1569 |
| CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier | FIW |
Species belongs to the following lists - Follow link on List Name to see list of all species.
| Type | List Name | Description | Status | Basis of Record |
| Antarctic-wide | Cetaceans Database - Whales | Defined list of cetacean species for the Australian coastal regions and the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. | Derived (from literature) | |
| Bioregion | Heard Island | includes McDonald Island | Derived (from literature) |