Balaenoptera physalus

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Cetacea • Subordo: Mysticeti • Familia: Balaenopteridae • Genus: Balaenoptera • Species: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'fin whale']

English: Fin whale, Common Rorqual, Finback, Fin-backed Whale, Finner, Fin Whale, Herring Whale, Razorback, fin whale
Afrikaans: Rorkwal
العربية: حوت زعنفي
مصرى: حوت زعنفى
asturianu: ballena
Kotava: Megenol
azərbaycanca: Finval
Basa Bali: Paus képés
беларуская: Фінвал
български: Финвал
brezhoneg: Balum boutin
català: Rorqual comú
čeština: Plejtvák myšok
Cymraeg: Morfil asgellog llwyd
dansk: Finhval
Deutsch: Finnwal
Ελληνικά: Πτεροφάλαινα
British English: fin whale
Esperanto: Balenoptero
español: Ballena Aleta, Ballena Boba, Rorcual Común
eesti: Heeringavaal
euskara: Zere arrunt
فارسی: نهنگ تیغ‌باله
suomi: Sillivalas
føroyskt: Nebbafiskur
français: Baleine à nageoires, Baleine fin, Baleinoptère commune, Rorqual Commun, baleine fin
galego: Rorcual común
עברית: לווייתן מצוי
hrvatski: Kit perajar
magyar: Közönséges barázdásbálna
հայերեն: Ֆինվալ
Bahasa Indonesia: Paus sirip
íslenska: Langreyður
日本語: ナガスクジラ
ქართული: ფინვალი
қазақша: Финвал
한국어: 참고래
Ligure: Baléna cumüne
lietuvių: Finvalas
latviešu: Finvalis
македонски: кит перајар
മലയാളം: ചിറകൻ തിമിംഗിലം
Bahasa Melayu: Paus sirip
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí: Thong-thò Hái-ang
norsk bokmål: finnhval
Nederlands: gewone vinvis
norsk nynorsk: Finnkval
norsk: Finnhval
Diné bizaad: Łóóʼtsoh nineezígíí
polski: Płetwal zwyczajny, Finwal
پنجابی: فن وہیل
português: Baleia-comum
русский: Финвал
davvisámegiella: sildebossu
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Kit perajar
Simple English: Fin whale
slovenčina: Vráskavec myšok
slovenščina: brazdasti kit
српски / srpski: Кит перајар
српски (ћирилица): Кит перајар
srpski (latinica): Kit perajar
svenska: Sillval
தமிழ்: துடுப்புத் திமிங்கிலம்
ไทย: วาฬฟิน
Türkçe: Oluklu balina
українська: Смугач фінвал
Tiếng Việt: Cá voi vây
吴语: 长须鲸
中文: 長須鯨, 长须鲸
中文（中国大陆）: 长须鲸
中文（简体）: 长须鲸
中文（繁體）: 長鬚鯨
中文（香港）: 長鬚鯨
中文（新加坡）: 长须鲸
中文（臺灣）: 長須鯨

Subspecies (for MSW): Balaenoptera physalus physalus, Balaenoptera physalus quoyi

Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus, 1758

ITIS link: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

IUCN: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Endangered)

from the air
ridge on nostril is visible
dorsal fin is visible, off San Diego
passing through the Raspberry Straight, Kodiak Islands
in the Kenai Fjords near Resurrection Bay, Alaska (note the white color on lower jaw)
feeding from the air (expanding bottom ridges clearly visible)
surfacing in St. Lawrence River
in St. Lawrence River
a pod cavorting in St. Lawrence River near Quebec
Lunge feeding
in Bay of Fundy
feeding near the beach at St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peter's River, Newfoundland
a pair in Pelagos Cetacean Sanctuary, Ligurian region in the Mediterranean sea
surfacing in Icelandic water
photographed in Disko Bay, western Greenland
Fin whale song pattern
A pod photographed on board of Loch Etive between in 1885 and in 1911, in southern ocean possibly on the way to Crozet Islands.
Inaccurate illustration of fin whale - asymmetrical white coloration on wrong side of body
Faroese stamp of 2001.
Skeleton