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fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
| Subject: | fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
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Date: 2005:09:22 12:20:33
Camera: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL (Canon)
F number: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Focal Length: 400/1
Upload Date: 2017:02:16 20:50:53
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Fin whale off Greenland, showing asymmetrical colouration (including right mandible patch, blaze, interstripe wash and chevron, and dark eye and ear stripes)
Description
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) exhaling, off Greenland
Date 22 September 2005, 12:20:33
Source Flickr: Finhval http://flickr.com/photos/22588240@N04/8190648136
Author Aqqa Rosing-Asvid - Visit Greenland http://www.flickr.com/people/22588240@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finhval.jpg
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also called the finback whale, razorback, or common rorqual, is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second-largest animal after the blue whale.
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Scientific Name: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names:
English – Fin Whale, Fin-backed Whale, Finner, Common Rorqual, Herring Whale, Razorback, Finback
French – Baleine à nageoires, Baleine fin, Baleinoptère commune, Rorqual Commun
Spanish – Ballena Aleta, Ballena Boba, Rorcual Común |
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