Balaenoptera
- Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Photo: NOAA · Public domain A whale with a pointed head and a curved dorsal fin set well back on its body.
- Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Photo: Carina Gsottbauer · CC BY-SA 4.0 The Antarctic minke whale is a baleen whale with a circumpolar Southern Hemisphere range. It feeds in Antarctic waters in summer and is described as moving north to warmer waters in winter.
- Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
Photo: Carina Gsottbauer · CC BY-SA 4.0 The sei whale is a baleen whale found widely in subtropical, temperate and subpolar seas around the world.
- Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Photo: Jan Ebr · CC BY 4.0 NOAA distinguishes an Eden's whale form within Balaenoptera edeni that is smaller and more coastal.
- Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Photo: NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA) · Public domain A whale with a long, slender body and mottled blue-gray skin.
- Omura's Whale Balaenoptera omurai
Photo: Salvatore Cerchio et al. / Royal Society Open Science · CC BY 4.0 Omura's whale is a slender baleen whale. A study off northwestern Madagascar recorded asymmetric jaw coloration and loose groupings of mostly unassociated individuals.
- Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
A whale with a streamlined body and a dorsal fin set well back. The lower jaw has different colors on each side.
- Rice's whale Balaenoptera ricei
Rice's whale is a baleen whale that lives year-round in the Gulf of America. It is dark gray above and pale below; it is thought to dive deep by day to feed on fish.
- Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
A whale with a streamlined body and a dorsal fin set well back. The lower jaw has different colors on each side.
- Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
A whale with a pointed head and a curved dorsal fin set well back on its body.
- Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
NOAA distinguishes an Eden's whale form within Balaenoptera edeni that is smaller and more coastal.
- Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
The sei whale is a baleen whale found widely in subtropical, temperate and subpolar seas around the world.
- Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
A whale with a long, slender body and mottled blue-gray skin.
- Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
The Antarctic minke whale is a baleen whale with a circumpolar Southern Hemisphere range. It feeds in Antarctic waters in summer and is described as moving north to warmer waters in winter.
- Omura's Whale Balaenoptera omurai
Omura's whale is a slender baleen whale. A study off northwestern Madagascar recorded asymmetric jaw coloration and loose groupings of mostly unassociated individuals.
- Rice's whale Balaenoptera ricei
Rice's whale is a baleen whale that lives year-round in the Gulf of America. It is dark gray above and pale below; it is thought to dive deep by day to feed on fish.
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