Balaenoptera acutorostrata - #2422
Common Minke Whale
Formerly in order Cetacea.
Geographic Distribution
Worldwide: arctic to tropical waters.
Order/Family
Balaenopteridae
Genus
Balaenoptera
Specific Epithet
acutorostrata
Image Location
Russia, Sakhalin oblast, Kuril Islands, Kunishiro
Image Date
1 August 2007
Photographer
C Smith