Taxon data and maps: 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
Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 2612 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1929 to 2006.
2612 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
2028 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.
Habitat domain - Marine
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| Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean cetacean program Details | 70 data pts | |
| Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean Cetacean Program - BROKE-West Details | 42 data pts | |
| Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details | 20 data pts | |
| Whale catches in the Southern Ocean Details | 2,453 data pts | |
| Whale log - observations from ANARE voyages Details | 10 data pts | |
| Whale Observations from the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) voyages 1929-30 and 1930-31 Details | 17 data pts | |
Distribution map
Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.
Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.