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fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Subject: fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
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Finhval - fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus).jpg
Resolution: 3456x2304 File Size: 5602642 Bytes 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

fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)


Fin whale off Greenland, showing asymmetrical colouration (including right mandible patch, blaze, interstripe wash and chevron, and dark eye and ear stripes)

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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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