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As of 2018, the global population is estimated to be 50,000 mature individuals, with an increasing population trend. In the North Atlantic, 12,000 whales were estimated. As of 1983, around 10,000 whales were estimated in the Southern Hemisphere, and by 2011, approximately 35,000 individuals inhabited
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Since the moratorium on commercial whaling, some sei whales have been taken by Icelandic and Japanese whalers under the IWC's scientific research programme. Iceland carried out four years of scientific whaling between 1986 and 1989, killing up to 40 sei whales a year. The research is conducted by the
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originally targeted humpback whales. By 1913, this species became rare, and the catch of fin and blue whales began to increase. As these species likewise became scarce, sei whale catches increased rapidly in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The catch peaked in 1964–65 at over 20,000 sei whales, but by
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Despite knowing some general migration patterns, exact routes are incompletely known and scientists cannot readily predict exactly where groups will appear from one year to the next. A 1985 study suggested a correlation between appearances west of Greenland and the incursion of relatively warm waters
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in 1952 were actually Bryde's whales, based on examination of their baleen plates. The only confirmed historical record is the capture of a 14 m (46 ft) female, which was brought to the Cap Lopez whaling station in Gabon in September 1950. During cetacean sighting surveys off Angola between
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and Washington. Prior to commercial whaling, the North Pacific hosted an estimated 42,000. By the end of whaling, the population was down to between 7,260 and 12,620. In the Southern Hemisphere, population estimates range between 9,800 and 12,000, based upon catch history and CPUE. The IWC estimated
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Quotas on sei whales in the North Atlantic began in 1977. Southern Hemisphere stocks were protected in 1979. Facing mounting evidence that several whale species were threatened with extinction, the IWC established a complete moratorium on commercial whaling beginning in 1986. In the late 1970s, some
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processed 300–600 each year between 1911 and 1955. In 1959, the Japanese catch peaked at 1,340. Heavy exploitation in the North Pacific began in the early 1960s, with catches averaging 3,643 per year from 1963 to 1974 (total 43,719; annual range 1,280–6,053). In 1971, after a decade of high catches,
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Sei whales live in all oceans, although rarely in polar or tropical waters. The difficulty of differentiating them at sea from their close relatives, Bryde's whales and in some cases from fin whales, creates confusion about their range and population, especially in warmer waters where Bryde's whales
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BBC News quoted Roddy Morrison, a former whaler active in South Georgia, as saying, "When we killed the sei whales, they used to make a noise, like a crying noise. They seemed so friendly, and they'd come round and they'd make a noise, and when you hit them, they cried really. I didn't think it was
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In the Northern Hemisphere, males reach up to 17.1 m (56 ft) and females up to 18.6 m (61 ft), while in the Southern Hemisphere males reach a maximum of 18.6 m (61 ft) and females of 19.5 m (64 ft). The authenticity of an alleged 22 m (72 ft) female
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In the North Pacific, adult males average 13.7 m (45 ft) and adult females 15 m (49 ft). In the North Atlantic, the average length of an adult male is 14 m (46 ft) and of an adult female is 14.5 m (48 ft). In the Southern Hemisphere, they average 14.5 m
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from its mother at 6–9 months of age, when it is 8–9 m (26–30 ft) long, so weaning takes place at the summer or autumn feeding grounds. Females reproduce every 2–3 years, usually to a single calf. In the Northern Hemisphere, males are usually 12.8–12.9 m (42–42 ft) and females
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The sei whale looks very similar to other large rorquals, especially to its smaller relative the Bryde's whale. Exceptional individuals may resemble a fin whale, which leads to confusion. They are usually differentiated from the fin whale by the colour of their head. Contrary to the fin whale's
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In the North Pacific, males weigh an average of 15 t (15 long tons; 17 short tons) and females 18.5 t (18.2 long tons; 20.4 short tons). North Atlantic sei whale males average 15.5 t (15.3 long tons; 17.1 short tons) and females 17 t (17 long tons; 19 short tons). Southern
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In general, the sei whale migrates annually from cool and subpolar waters in summer to temperate and subtropical waters for winter, where food is more abundant. In the northwest Atlantic, sightings and catch records suggest the whales move north along the shelf edge to arrive in the areas of
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Off the coast of North America, sei whales were hunted off British Columbia from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, when the number of whales captured dropped to around 14 per year. More than 2,000 were caught in British Columbian waters between 1962 and 1967. Between 1957 and 1971,
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observed five seis together in the summer of 2017, the first such sighting in over 50 years. In California waters, there was only one confirmed and five possible sightings by 1991 to 1993 aerial and ship surveys, and there were no confirmed sightings off Oregon coasts such as
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2003 and 2006, only a single confirmed sighting of two individuals was made in August 2004, compared to 19 sightings of Bryde's whales. Sei whales are commonly distributed along west to southern Latin America, including the entire Chilean coast down to the
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or grooves along its ventral surface that extend halfway between the pectoral fins and umbilicus (in other species it usually extends to or past the umbilicus), restricting the expansion of the buccal cavity during feeding compared to other species. The
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In the North Atlantic between 1885 and 1984, 14,295 sei whales were taken. They were hunted in large numbers off the coasts of Norway and Scotland beginning in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and in 1885 alone more than 700 were caught off
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The sei whale makes long, loud, low-frequency sounds. Relatively little is known about specific calls, but in 2003, observers noted sei whale calls in addition to sounds that could be described as "growls" or "whooshes" off the coast of the
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data. Japanese interests claim this figure is outdated, and in 2002 claimed the western North Pacific population was over 28,000, a figure not accepted by the scientific community. In western Canadian waters, researchers with
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Appendix I, indicating they are threatened with extinction if trade is not halted. The sei whale is listed on both Appendix I and Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
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collected near them, which appears as a dilute brown cloud. The feces are collected in nets and DNA is separated, individually identified, and matched with known species. The whale competes for food against different
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whale". The species was so called because it "appeared off the coast of Norway at the same time each year as the pollock that came to feed on the abundant plankton". In the Pacific, the whale has been called the
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plates to obtain its food by opening its mouth, engulfing or skimming large amounts of the water containing the food, then straining the water out through the baleen, trapping any food items inside its mouth.
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The sei whale's body is typically a dark steel grey with irregular light grey to white markings on the ventral surface, or towards the front of the lower body. The whale has a relatively short series of 32–60
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whaling station between 1948 and 1985. Since the late 1960s to early 1970s, the sei whale has been second only to the fin whale as the preferred target of Icelandic whalers, with meat in greater demand than
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earlier and more reliably than other sexes and classes, arriving in mid-July and remaining through mid-September. In some years, males and younger females remain at lower latitudes during the summer.
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Tamura; et al. (2006). "Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific (JAPRN II) in 2006 (part I) – Offshore component".
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at a reference distance of one metre. An observer situated one metre from a vocalizing whale would perceive a volume roughly equivalent to the volume of a jackhammer operating two meters away.
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Christensen, I.; T. Haug; N. Øien (1992). "A review of feeding and reproduction in large baleen whales (Mysticeti) and sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in Norwegian and adjacent waters".
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Tamura; et al. (2005). "Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific (JAPRN II) in 2005 – Offshore component".
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exceeded 14.6 m (48 ft) in length. The longest measured during JARPN II cruises in the North Pacific were a 16.32 m (53.5 ft) female and a 15 m (49 ft) male.
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The sei whale is the third-largest balaenopterid, after the blue whale and the fin whale. Adults usually weigh between 15–20 t (15–20 long tons; 17–22 short tons). They exhibit
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13.3–13.5 m (44–44 ft) at sexual maturity, while in the Southern Hemisphere, males average 13.6 m (45 ft) and females 14 m (46 ft). The average age of
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that ranges in height from 38–90 cm (15–35 in) and averages 53–56 cm (21–22 in), about two-thirds of the way back from the tip of the rostrum. Dorsal fin shape,
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Nemoto, T.; A. Kawamura (1977). "Characteristics of food habits and distribution of baleen whales with special reference to the abundance of North Pacific sei and Bryde's whales".
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Whale hunting with gun and camera; a naturalist's account of the modern shore-whaling industry, of whales and their habits, and of hunting experiences in various parts of the world
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really nice to do that. Everybody talked about it at the time I suppose, but it was money. At the end of the day that's what counted at the time. That's what we were there for."
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Appendix II, indicating they are not immediately threatened with extinction, but may become so if they are not listed. Populations in the Southern Hemisphere are listed in
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from May to June in 2008 and 2009 made their way to the Labrador Sea, while an eighth individual tagged in September 2009 headed southeast – its signal was lost between
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Flower, W. H. (1865). "Notes on the skeletons of whales in the principal museums of Holland and Belgium, with descriptions of two species apparently new to science".
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Sei whales were said to have been scarce in the 1960s and early 1970s off northern Norway. One possible explanation for this disappearance is that the whales were
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Cattanach, K.L.; J. Sigurjonsson; S.T. Buckland; Th. Gunnlaugsson (1993). "Sei whale abundance in the North Atlantic, estimated from NASS-87 and NASS-89 data".
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Olsen, E.; Budgell, P.; Head, E.; Kleivane, L.; Nøttestad, L.; Prieto, R.; et al. (2009). "First satellite-tracked long-distance movement of a sei whale (
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are relatively short, only 9–10% of body length, and pointed at the tips. Sei whales have a solitary ridge extending from the tip of the rostrum to the paired
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Clapham, P.; et al. (2002). "Relevance of JARPN II to management, and a note on scientific standards. Report of the IWC Scientific Committee, Annex Q1".
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shelf in the late 1960s and early 1970s by Canadian whalers, and off the coast of West Greenland from the 1920s to the 1950s by Norwegian and Danish whalers.
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Perrin, William F., James G. Mead, and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. "Review of the evidence used in the description of currently recognized cetacean subspecies".
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In the North Pacific, the total reported catch by commercial whalers was 72,215 between 1910 and 1975; the majority were taken after 1947. Shore stations in
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and the Gulf of Mexico, which are both considered to be small waterbodies. Sei whales are pelagic and are typically found in basins in oceans or open seas.
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Baumgartner, M.F.; Van Parijs, S.M.; Wenzel, F.W.; Tremblay, C.J.; Esch, H.C.; Ward, A.A. (2008). "Low frequency vocalizations attributed to sei whales (
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Shevchenko, V.I. (1977). "Application of white scars to the study of the location and migrations of sei whale populations in Area III of the Antarctic".
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surface has sporadic markings ranging from light grey to white, and its body is usually dark steel grey in colour. It is among the fastest of all 
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Barlow, J.; K. A. Forney; P. S. Hill; R. L. Brownell Jr.; J. V. Carretta; D. P. DeMaster; F. Julian; M. S. Lowry; T. Ragen & R. R. Reeves (1997).
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was closed by its owners after a covert investigation and protests lead to prosecution by authorities for handling an endangered/protected species.
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estimated that the eastern North Pacific population stood at 374 whales. Two whales tagged in deep waters off California were later recaptured off
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for individual species. Before quotas, there were no legal limits. Complete protection from commercial whaling in the North Pacific came in 1976.
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Adults have 300–380 ashy-black baleen plates on each side of the mouth, up to 80 cm (31 in) long. Each plate is made of fingernail-like
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Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth. "On whales landed at the Scottish whaling stations, especially during the years 1908–1914—Part VII. The sei-whale".
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to obtain its average of about 900 kg (2,000 lb) of food each day. For an animal of its size, its preferred prey lies low within the
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and small fish. The whale's diet preferences has been determined from stomach analyses, direct observation of feeding behavior, and analyzing
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Mead, J.G. (1977). "Records of sei and Bryde's whales from the Atlantic coast of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean".
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and steam-powered whaling ships in the late nineteenth century brought previously unobtainable large whales within the reach of commercial
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in the South Pacific, while winter distribution is poorly known, with former winter whaling grounds being located off northeastern Brazil (
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COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report: On the Sei Whale, Balaenoptera Borealis, Pacific Population, Atlantic Population, in Canada
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were only found on 8% of sei whales caught off California and 4% of those taken off South Georgia and South Africa. The pseudo-stalked
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Official website of the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area
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Segre, Paolo S.; Weir, Caroline R.; Stanworth, Andrew; Cartwright, Steve; Friedlaender, Ari S.; Goldbogen, Jeremy A. (1 May 2021).
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Prieto, Rui, Monica A. Silva, Martine Berube, Per J. Palsbøll (2012). "Migratory destinations and sex composition of sei whales (
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Weinrich, M.T.; C.R. Belt; M.R. Schilling; M. Marcy (1986). "Behavior of sei whales in the southern Gulf of Maine, summer 1986".
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was commonly found in the baleen of sei whales taken off South Georgia (nearly 85%). They often carry heavy infestations of
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Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux découverts depuis 1788 jusqu'à nos jours: Cétacés
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9,718 whales based upon survey data between 1978 and 1988. Prior to commercial whaling, there were an estimated 65,000.
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Its skin is often marked by pits or wounds, which after healing become white scars. These are now known to be caused by
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Jonsgård, Å. (1974). "On whale exploitation in the eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean". In W. E. Schevill (ed.).
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was found on 9% of individuals caught off California; it was also found on a sei whale taken off South Africa. The
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Rice, D.W. (1977). "Synopsis of biological data on the sei whale and Bryde's whale in the eastern North Pacific".
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and follows the continental slope northward in spring. Large females lead the northward migration and reach the
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described Rudolphi's specimen under the name "rorqual du Nord". In 1828, Rene Lesson translated this term into
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in whaling days, making the area well known as sei – ground. There had been sightings of the species off the
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Mass death events for sei whales have been recorded for many years and evidence suggests endemic poisoning (
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range, well within the range of human hearing. The maximum volume of the vocal sequences is reported as 156
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shore stations processed 386 whales. Commercial Sei whaling ended in the eastern North Pacific in 1971.
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Mitchell, E.; D.G. Chapman (1977). "Preliminary assessment of stocks of northwest Atlantic sei whales (
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infests the baleen of sei whales caught off California, South Georgia, South Africa, and Finnmark. The
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Watkins, W.A.; W.E. Schevill (1979). "Aerial observations of feeding behavior in four baleen whales:
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Hemisphere whales average 17–18.5 t (16.7–18.2 long tons; 18.7–20.4 short tons) in body weight.
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were rarely found on sei whales off California (only 0.8%). They often bear scars from the bites of
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1976, this number had dropped to below 2,000 and commercial whaling for the species ended in 1977.
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coasts. In the Southern Hemisphere, summer distribution based upon historic catch data is between
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as early as the first week of June may move farther northward and arrive at waters southwest of
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into that area. Some evidence from tagging data indicates individuals return off the coast of
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A total of 152,233 were taken in the Southern Hemisphere between 1910 and 1979. Whaling in
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latitude in the summer. Approximately 75% of the North Pacific population lives east of the
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Sei Whales in the Adjacent Waters of Japan. II. Further Studies on the External Characters.
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in August and September, and a southbound migration begins moving west and south along the
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Jonsgård, Å.; K. Darling (1977). "On the biology of the eastern North Atlantic sei whale,
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The sei whale feeds near the surface of the ocean, swimming on its side through swarms of
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It inhabits most oceans and adjoining seas, and prefers deep offshore waters. It avoids
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it became scarce in Japanese waters, ending commercial whaling in the country by 1975.
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in the Denmark Strait (June–July 1981) and recent marking and sightings off Iceland".
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later in the summer. In the northeast Atlantic, the sei whale winters as far south as
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Due to their diverse diet, endoparasites are frequent and abundant in sei whales. The
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months, or one year. During the breeding period, a mating pair will remain together.
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Recent sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) sightings in the Gulf of California, Mexico
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Oudejans, M. G.; Visser, F. (2010). "First confirmed record of a living sei whale (
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Sei whales have been recorded from northern Indian Ocean as well such as around
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Ingebrigtsen, A. (1929). "Whales caught in the North Atlantic and other seas".
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Direct comparisons of sounds in water to sounds in air can be complicated, see
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In 2010, a Los Angeles exclusive sushi restaurant confirmed to be serving sei
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In November 2002, scientists recorded calls in the presence of sei whales off
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Ectoparasites and epibiotics are rare on sei whales. Species of the parasitic
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suggests that sei and blue whales are closely related, with gray whales as a
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Best, P.B. (1992). "Catches of fin whales in the North Atlantic by the M.V.
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A 1977 study estimated Pacific Ocean totals of 9,110, based upon catch and
1971: 1744: 1708: 1688: 1627: 1611: 1513: 1102: 849: 837: 370: 194: 4690: 1375:, found in sei whales off California and South Georgia) in the intestine, 564:. In 1884–85, the Norwegian scientist G. A. Guldberg first identified the 7506: 7472: 7405: 7327: 7185: 6556: 5797: 5396: 5325: 5250: 4684:"Japan's senior whale scientist responds to New York Times advertisement" 4011:"SEI WHALE (Balaenoptera borealis borealis): Eastern North Pacific Stock" 2296: 2023: 1924: 1846: 1802: 1756: 1716: 1704: 1509: 1467: 1316: 1093: 825: 600: 425: 405: 164: 7280: 4975:"Scientists stumble across endangered whale not seen in Canada in years" 3959:
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Whales & Dolphins Guide to the Biology and Behaviour of Cetaceans
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Edds, P.L.; T.J. MacIntyre; R. Naveen (1984). "Notes on a sei whale (
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World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – species profile for the Sei Whale
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stocks during the late 1960s may be another culprit. Surveys in the
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named a 14 m (46 ft) specimen that had been obtained from
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Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book
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initially identified a 9.8 m (32 ft) whale stranded near
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Canada, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in (2003).
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during an episodic influx into the southern Gulf of Maine in 1986"
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Close-up view of baleen plates, used to strain food from the water
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between minke whales and the ancestors of the blue and sei whale.
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Competition for food in the Ocean: Man and other apical predators
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Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference
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Lockyer, C. (1977). "Some estimates of growth in the sei whale,
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Rankin, S.; Barlow, J. (2007). "Vocalizations of the sei whale
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Member states of the International Whaling Commission (in blue)
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by mid- to late- June. They are present off the south coast of
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Scientific Report of the Whales Research Institute, 9, 89-103.
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latitude in the South Atlantic and southern Indian Oceans and
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were each only found on 0.4% of whales caught off California.
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National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World
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pattern, and scarring have been used to a limited extent in
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The sei whale: population biology, ecology, and management
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Appendix II, which indicates they are not threatened with
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is 8–10 years. The whales can reach ages up to 70 years.
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Gray, J. E. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. pp. 1–53 in
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In Iceland, a total of 2,574 whales were taken from the
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shelf from mid-September to mid-November. Whales in the
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that are a distinctive characteristic of baleen whales.
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US National Marine Fisheries Service Sei Whale web page
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on an annual basis. An individual satellite-tagged off
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Kapel, F.O. (1985). "On the occurrence of sei whales (
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found 1,290 whales in 1987, and 1,590 whales in 1989.
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The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror
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Pacific Islands Cetaceans Memorandum of Understanding
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Lesson, 1828". In S.H. Ridgway; R. Harrison (eds.).
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On 21 February 1819, Swedish-born German naturalist
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"Whales and whale foetuses". 2869:"Behavior of individually identified sei whales 2818: 2755: 2663:McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 377:species, and the third-largest member after the 3177:Reports of the International Whaling Commission 3018:S.L. Perry; D.P. DeMaster; G.K. Silber (1999). 2834: 2832: 2830: 5196: 5084:"337 Whales Beached in Largest Stranding Ever" 4869: 4410: 4339: 3120:The Mammals of the Southern African Sub-region 3053: 3051: 3049: 2215:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2475A130482064.en 1977:Northern Hemisphere populations are listed in 1540:In the North Atlantic, its range extends from 1049:than other whale species; they rarely exhibit 5266: 5138:, Reeves, Stewart, Clapham and Powell, 2002, 4522: 4438: 4170:SEI Whale at Beagle canal, Ushuaia, Argentina 3692: 3690: 3465: 2967:Reeves, R.; G. Silber; M. Payne (July 1998). 2912: 2766:Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science 2653: 1817:A sei whale (foreground) caught off Finnmark. 1512:shelf waters, the mid-Atlantic Bight, and in 863:have been identified—the northern sei whale ( 476:because it somewhat resembles the fin whale. 416:, with its diet consisting primarily of  5108: 5047: 5045: 4938: 4518: 4516: 4514: 4346:Sigurjónsson, J. (1983). "The cruise of the 4104:Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises off Shiretoko 3980: 3978: 3976: 3974: 3828:Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 3774: 3699:"Sei whale sounds recorded in the Antarctic" 3444: 3442: 3440: 3438: 3436: 3385:"New Research Method May Ease Whale Killing" 3232: 3230: 3228: 3164: 3151: 3122:. Cambridge University Press, Third Edition. 3099: 3097: 2862: 2860: 2858: 2827: 2758:"On the feeding mechanism of the sei whale ( 2451:Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 2139: 993:caught 80 km (50 mi) northwest of 5246:Voices in the Sea – Sounds of the Sei Whale 5027:Carretta, J. V. & K. A. Forney (1993). 5020: 4932: 4912: 4863: 4821: 4787:Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4784: 4593: 4322: 4130:A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN MARINE MAMMAL RECORDS 3984: 3948:. London: Academic Press. pp. 155–170. 3939: 3636: 3289:Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World 3285: 3206: 3187: 3147: 3145: 3143: 3141: 3112: 3046: 2189: 1278: 5280: 5273: 5259: 5201:(Lesson, 1828)) in Irish coastal waters". 5051: 4947: 4846: 4826:. Seattle, WA: Univ. of Washington Press. 4621: 4318: 4316: 4206: 4038: 3958: 3933: 3687: 3655: 3595: 3593: 3540: 3490: 3387:. National Geographic News. 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Appleton and Co., p. 128. 3170: 3138: 2838: 2550: 1941: 1812: 1527: 1060: 976: 968: 944: 884: 6545: 4998: 4840: 4313: 3649: 3590: 3306: 3057: 2962: 2960: 2958: 2956: 2954: 2952: 2950: 2934: 2932: 2736:Integrated Taxonomic Information System 2001: 7566: 6683: 5622: 5081: 5056: 4972: 4673: 4649:"Japan not catching endangered whales" 4641: 4546: 4531: 4439:Andrews, R.C. (1916). "The sei whale ( 4032: 4018:Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports 3896: 3527: 3512: 3409: 3376: 3243: 3212: 3193: 2970:Draft Recovery Plan for the Fin Whale 2908: 2906: 2904: 2902: 2900: 2839:Matthews, L.H. (1938). "The sei whale 2518: 2488: 2185: 2183: 2181: 2179: 1937: 1877: 1523: 1418:, subtropical seas during the winter. 1045:protrude. The whale is generally less 7152: 7151: 5662: 5344: 5254: 5186:, Carwardine (1995, reprinted 2000), 5086:. National Geographic. Archived from 4824:Conservation and Management of Whales 4749: 4570: 4568: 3673: 3671: 3013: 3011: 3009: 3007: 3005: 2521:Proceedings of the Zoological Society 2337: 2335: 2333: 1594:. As of February 2017, the U.S. 1571:In the North Pacific, it ranges from 1017: 358: 16:Third-largest species of baleen whale 7460:1259e961-6d2a-4b68-9be6-fd49b7e1bbd3 6582: 5160:, Maurizio Wurtz and Nadia Repetto. 5005:Hill, P. S. & J. Barlow (1992). 4141: 3292:. Marshall Cavendish. p. 1645. 2947: 2929: 2724: 2369: 2324:participating institution membership 2282:participating institution membership 852:. This study also found significant 828:. Rorquals take their name from the 6628: 5228:images and movies of the sei whale 5062: 2897: 2756:Brodie, P.; Víkingsson, G. (2009). 2495:(in French). Baudouin. p. 442. 2201:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2176: 2133: 938:studies. The tail is thick and the 13: 5128: 5109:On the Coast (14 September 2015). 5036:NOAA Technical Memo NMFS-SWFSC-185 5014:NOAA Technical Memo NMFS-SWFSC-169 4565: 4403:) transiting through the Azores". 4045:The Whale Problem: a status report 3946:Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 3 3668: 3002: 2792: 2330: 1122:, with a secondary preference for 516:). In 1846, the English zoologist 504:). In 1823, the French naturalist 54:Size compared to an average human 14: 7630: 6295:Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin ( 5215: 4973:Rabson, Mia (26 September 2018). 4071:Gendron D.. Rosales C. S.. 1996. 4016:National Marine Fisheries Service 3989:. Kent, England: Croom Helm Ltd. 1992:National Marine Fisheries Service 1907:Conservation groups, such as the 1841:Small numbers were taken off the 1808: 1801:. Once stocks of more profitable 1596:National Marine Fisheries Service 7574:IUCN Red List endangered species 5102: 5075: 4966: 4797: 4540:International whaling statistics 4156:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2009.00153.x 4115:Omura, H. and Fujino, K. (1954) 4086:"Сейвал / Balaenoptera borealis" 2093: 2079: 2065: 1960:International Whaling Commission 1852: 1461: 332: 111: 7599:Cetaceans of the Atlantic Ocean 6436:Indo-Pacific finless porpoise ( 6313:Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin ( 6161:Indian Ocean humpback dolphin ( 6152:Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin ( 4708: 4615: 4455: 4393: 4362: 4200: 4181: 4162: 4135: 4122: 4109: 4096: 4078: 4065: 4003: 3940:Gambell, R. (1985). "Sei Whale 3917: 3890: 3872: 3815: 3768: 3748: 3562:Journal of Experimental Biology 3549: 3403: 3279: 3266: 3254:Lesson) sighted off Maryland". 3135:, nos. 85-96 (1919), pp. 37–46. 3078: 2786: 2749: 2702:10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104373 2669: 2625: 2544: 2512: 2499: 2482: 2379:Whalebone Whales of New England 2343:"Sei Whale & Bryde's Whale 1962:first set catch quotas for the 1950:The sei whale is listed by the 1400: 1012: 7604:Cetaceans of the Pacific Ocean 5982:Southern right whale dolphin ( 5973:Northern right whale dolphin ( 5905:Atlantic white-sided dolphin ( 5184:Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises 5171:Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals 4505:NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS-SWFSC-248 4466:. Copenhagen: Høst & Fils. 3903:. Brill Archive. p. 281. 3060:ICES Journal of Marine Science 2539:NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS 2460:10.1007/978-3-319-65038-8_86-1 2441: 2394: 2288: 2254: 2229: 1898:Institute of Cetacean Research 1422:is estimated to vary around 10 1383:sp., California) and stomach ( 1037:compared the sei whale to the 874: 1: 7594:Cetaceans of the Indian Ocean 7579:Cetaceans of the Arctic Ocean 7019:Deraniyagala's beaked whale ( 6992:Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale ( 6203:Pantropical spotted dolphin ( 6170:Australian humpback dolphin ( 5932:Pacific white-sided dolphin ( 4327:) in West Greenland waters". 3961:Bull. Far Seas Fish. Res. Lab 3801:10.1080/09524622.2007.9753572 3383:Darby, A. (6 February 2002). 2376:Glover Morrill Allen (1916). 2127: 1785:The development of explosive 1258:, as well as the euphausiids 1184:Todarodes pacificus pacificus 6015:Australian snubfin dolphin ( 5423:North Atlantic right whale ( 4624:"Iceland's Whaling Comeback" 4234:10.1371/journal.pone.0244068 4043:. In Schervill, W.E. (ed.). 3272:Andrews, Roy Chapman. 1916. 2665:. The McGraw Hill Companies. 1681: 1186:, and small fish, including 454: 7: 6965:Blainville's beaked whale ( 6906:Tropical bottlenose whale ( 6882:Southern bottlenose whale ( 6873:Northern bottlenose whale ( 6322:Common bottlenose dolphin ( 6179:Atlantic humpback dolphin ( 5432:North Pacific right whale ( 4851:(and associated vessels)". 3779:off the Hawaiian Islands". 3491:Tamura, T. (October 2001). 3236:Evans, Peter G. H. (1987). 2633:"Etymology of mammal names" 2058: 2036:Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1753:Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone 797:of six baleen whale species 479: 431:Following large-scale  10: 7635: 7064:Stejneger's beaked whale ( 6445:Yangtze finless porpoise ( 6230:Atlantic spotted dolphin ( 5815:Short-finned pilot whale ( 4920:Appendix I and Appendix II 4872:"Validity of whaling data" 4555:Fish. Res. Bd. Canada Bull 4373:) in the North Atlantic". 3030:(1): 52–58. Archived from 2541:(December 2009), pp. 1–35. 2419:10.1515/mammalia-2017-0149 2382:. Vol. 8. p. 234 1774: 1770: 1465: 1404: 1056: 878: 867:) and southern sei whale ( 556:, creating the subspecies 502:Balaenoptera acutorostrata 306:Sibbaldius schlegelii 40:Sei whale mother and calf 7619:Endangered Fauna of China 7609:Mammals described in 1828 7160: 7109: 7097:Shepherd's beaked whale ( 7085: 6918: 6894: 6853: 6811: 6794: 6757: 6711: 6674: 6640:Araguaian river dolphin ( 6619: 6573: 6536: 6508: 6457: 6416: 6399: 6371: 6347: 6338: 6275: 6251: 6191: 6132: 6099: 6075: 6051: 6027: 5994: 5953: 5884: 5860: 5836: 5824:Long-finned pilot whale ( 5795: 5771: 5747: 5696: 5679: 5675: 5658: 5613: 5585: 5561: 5465: 5448: 5394: 5370: 5361: 5357: 5340: 5290: 2886:: 749–755. Archived from 2303:Oxford English Dictionary 2269:Oxford English Dictionary 1630:during cetacean surveys. 1532:Beached sei whale carcass 1308:and the stalked barnacle 1154:, and euphausiid species 1129:Meganyctiphanes norvegica 732: 712: 705: 685: 678: 649: 627: 620: 613: 598: 591: 283: 276: 271: 262: 246: 241: 223: 216: 108:Scientific classification 106: 89: 67: 58: 53: 44: 39: 30: 25: 6983:Gervais's beaked whale ( 6938:Sowerby's beaked whale ( 6649:Bolivian river dolphin ( 4734:10.11114/ijlpa.v1i1.3379 4387:10.1578/am.35.3.2009.313 4309:. Spec. Iss. 1: 124–129. 4287:. Spec. Iss. 1: 117–120. 3474:Fauna Norvegica Series A 3108:. Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN. 3072:10.1093/icesjms/36.3.259 2943:. Spec. Iss. 1: 113–116. 2823:. Spec. Iss. 1: 130–134. 2489:Lesson, René P. (1828). 2148:; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 1582:in the winter, and from 1548:to Norway, and from the 1297:Xenobalanus globicipitis 1279:Parasites and epibiotics 1112:, it feeds primarily on 1047:active on water surfaces 973:Painting of a sei whale. 532:, on the north coast of 7121:Cuvier's beaked whale ( 7046:Perrin's beaked whale ( 7010:Hector's beaked whale ( 6974:Ramari's beaked whale ( 6947:Andrews' beaked whale ( 6823:Arnoux's beaked whale ( 6496:Burmeister's porpoise ( 6263:Rough-toothed dolphin ( 5687:(Oceanic dolphins) 5486:Antarctic minke whale ( 5230:(Balaenoptera borealis) 4870:Yablokov, A.V. (1994). 4527:. Spec. Iss. 1: 98–106. 4445:Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist 3658:Rapp. Cons. Explor. Mer 3601:Proc. Zool. Soc. London 3133:The Scottish Naturalist 3087:Marine Fisheries Review 3024:Marine Fisheries Review 2915:"Balaenoptera borealis" 2732:"Balaenoptera borealis" 2308:Oxford University Press 2274:Oxford University Press 1891:Post-protection whaling 1592:International Date Line 1564:. It rarely enters the 964: 846:Whole genome sequencing 7614:ESA endangered species 6832:Baird's beaked whale ( 6732:Ganges river dolphin ( 6658:Amazon river dolphin ( 6039:Orca or killer whale ( 5963:(Right whale dolphins) 5896:White-beaked dolphin ( 5414:Southern right whale ( 5038:. U.S. Dept. Commerce. 5016:. U.S. Dept. Commerce. 4793:(supplement): 395–396. 3645:. Spec. Iss. 1: 58–62. 3545:. Spec. Iss. 1: 92–97. 3523:. Spec. Iss. 1: 80–87. 3323:Megaptera novaeangliae 3104:Klinowska, M. (1991). 2917:. Animal Diversity Web 2913:Shefferly, N. (1999). 2654:Gingerich, P. (2004). 2601:10.1126/sciadv.aap9873 2316:10.1093/OED/1406967721 1996:Endangered Species Act 1947: 1818: 1725:coastal Western Sahara 1550:southern United States 1533: 1395:Lecithodesmus spinosus 1343:Balaenophilus unisetus 1069: 982: 974: 950: 890: 735:Megaptera novaeangliae 7494:Paleobiology Database 7271:balaenoptera-borealis 7232:balaenoptera-borealis 7219:Balaenoptera_borealis 7206:Balaenoptera_borealis 7192:Balaenoptera borealis 7162:Balaenoptera borealis 7073:Spade-toothed whale ( 7037:True's beaked whale ( 7028:Strap-toothed whale ( 7001:Gray's beaked whale ( 6956:Hubbs' beaked whale ( 6841:Sato's beaked whale ( 6741:Indus river dolphin ( 6469:Spectacled porpoise ( 6285:(Bottlenose dolphins) 5726:Heaviside's dolphin ( 5708:Commerson's dolphin ( 5513:Pygmy Bryde's whale ( 5199:Balaenoptera borealis 4441:Balaenoptera borealis 4401:Balaenoptera borealis 4371:Balaenoptera borealis 4303:Balaenoptera borealis 4281:Balaenoptera borealis 4194:13 April 2016 at the 4175:13 April 2016 at the 4128:Sathasivam K.. 2015. 3942:Balaenoptera borealis 3824:Balaenoptera borealis 3777:Balaenoptera borealis 3765:for more information. 3639:Balaenoptera borealis 3451:Balaenoptera borealis 3327:Balaenoptera physalus 3319:Balaenoptera borealis 3252:Balaenoptera borealis 3173:Balaenoptera borealis 2976:Balaenoptera borealis 2972:Balaenoptera physalus 2871:Balaenoptera borealis 2841:Balaenoptera borealis 2760:Balaenoptera borealis 2682:Earth-Science Reviews 2345:Balaenoptera borealis 2208:: e.T2475A130482064. 2194:Balaenoptera borealis 2055:, may be implicated. 1945: 1816: 1531: 1372:Tetrabothrius affinis 1272:Themisto gaudichaudii 1256:Drepanopus pectinatus 1232:Trachurus symmetricus 1180:Japanese flying squid 1064: 980: 972: 948: 920:Isistius brasiliensis 888: 688:Eschrichtius robustus 522:Balaenoptera laticeps 514:Balaenoptera physalus 510:Balaenoptera borealis 366:Balaenoptera borealis 295:Balaenoptera laticeps 227:Balaenoptera borealis 7055:Pygmy beaked whale ( 6928:(Mesoplodont whales) 6087:False killer whale ( 6063:Melon-headed whale ( 5783:Pygmy killer whale ( 5477:Common minke whale ( 5065:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 4956:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 4925:11 June 2011 at the 4853:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 4822:Allen, K.R. (1980). 4525:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 4479:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 4422:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 4352:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 4329:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 4325:Balenoptera borealis 4307:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 4285:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 3985:Horwood, J. (1987). 3761:25 July 2009 at the 3643:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 3620:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 3543:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 3521:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 3215:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 3196:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 3154:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 2941:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 2821:Rep. Int. Whal. Comm 2357:on 27 September 2006 2237:"Appendices | CITES" 2190:Cooke, J.G. (2018). 2002:Population estimates 1838:, the prior target. 1610:have been fewer. In 1362:Bolbosoma turbinella 1311:Conchoderma virgatum 1264:Euphausia vallentini 1144:Neocalanus cristatus 1119:Calanus finmarchicus 936:photo-identification 916:cookie-cutter sharks 526:William Henry Flower 6863:(Bottlenose whales) 6603:Dwarf sperm whale ( 6594:Pygmy sperm whale ( 6426:(Finless porpoises) 6142:(Humpback dolphins) 6006:Irrawaddy dolphin ( 5923:Hourglass dolphin ( 5634:Pygmy right whale ( 5090:on 21 November 2015 4888:1994Natur.367..108Y 4225:2020PLoSO..1544068B 4187:OceanSounds e.V. - 4039:Rice, D.W. (1974). 3900:Whales of the World 3840:2008ASAJ..124.1339B 3793:2007Bioac..16..137R 3718:2005ASAJ..118.3941M 3315:Eubalaena glacialis 2694:2023ESRv..23904373B 2593:2018SciA....4.9873A 2306:(Online ed.). 2272:(Online ed.). 2007:the North Pacific. 1938:Conservation status 1909:World Wildlife Fund 1878:Southern Hemisphere 1546:northwestern Africa 1524:Range and migration 1475:Antarctic Peninsula 1322:cookiecutter sharks 1192:Engraulis japonicus 1164:Thysanoessa inermis 1135:Thysanoessa inermis 1035:Roy Chapman Andrews 903:is pointed and the 373:. It is one of ten 314:Rudolphius laticeps 61:Conservation status 6778:La Plata dolphin ( 6478:Harbour porpoise ( 6447:N. asiaeorientalis 6304:Burrunan dolphin ( 5872:Fraser's dolphin ( 5735:Hector's dolphin ( 4980:The Canadian Press 4696:on 9 December 2006 4661:on 28 October 2006 4580:www.animallaw.info 4090:www.zoosite.com.ua 3575:10.1242/jeb.238873 2893:on 31 August 2021. 2779:10.2960/j.v42.m646 2349:Balaenoptera edeni 2101:Marine life portal 1948: 1819: 1781:History of whaling 1608:Gulf of California 1534: 1407:Whale reproduction 1331:Cocconeis ceticola 1252:Calanus simillimus 1244:Euphausia pacifica 1156:Euphausia pacifica 1072:This rorqual is a 1070: 1018:Surface behaviours 983: 981:Sei whale skeleton 975: 951: 922:). It has a tall, 891: 494:Schleswig-Holstein 433:commercial whaling 7561: 7560: 7154:Taxon identifiers 7145: 7144: 7141: 7140: 7137: 7136: 7133: 7132: 6931: 6866: 6805: 6790: 6789: 6753: 6752: 6707: 6706: 6670: 6669: 6615: 6614: 6569: 6568: 6532: 6531: 6520:Dall's porpoise ( 6429: 6410: 6395: 6394: 6334: 6333: 6288: 6239:Spinner dolphin ( 6221:Striped dolphin ( 6212:Clymene dolphin ( 6145: 5966: 5914:Peale's dolphin ( 5848:Risso's dolphin ( 5808: 5717:Chilean dolphin ( 5690: 5669: 5654: 5653: 5650: 5649: 5646: 5645: 5609: 5608: 5459: 5444: 5443: 5407: 5351: 5192:978-0-7513-2781-6 4941:The whale problem 4833:978-0-295-95706-7 4766:on 25 August 2006 4058:978-0-674-95075-7 4020:. 8 February 2017 3996:978-0-7099-4786-8 3910:978-0-935848-47-2 3848:10.1121/1.2945155 3726:10.1121/1.2130944 3603:, XVIII: 243-265. 3426:978-0-662-35374-4 3299:978-0-7614-7206-3 2845:Discovery Reports 2656:"Whale Evolution" 2469:978-3-319-65038-8 2322:(Subscription or 2280:(Subscription or 2161:978-0-8018-8221-0 2109:List of cetaceans 1843:Iberian Peninsula 1693:Northeast Channel 1566:Mediterranean Sea 1537:are most common. 1487:micropascal (μPa) 1260:Euphausia superba 1248:Neocalanus tonsus 1220:Scomber japonicus 1152:Calanus pacificus 1114:calanoid copepods 987:sexual dimorphism 802: 801: 798: 795:phylogenetic tree 786: 785: 777: 776: 768: 767: 759: 758: 750: 749: 667: 666: 324: 323: 318: 310: 302: 291: 101: 84: 7626: 7589:Mammals of Japan 7554: 7553: 7541: 7540: 7528: 7527: 7515: 7514: 7502: 7501: 7489: 7488: 7476: 7475: 7463: 7462: 7453: 7452: 7440: 7439: 7427: 7426: 7424:NBNSYS0000005162 7414: 7413: 7401: 7400: 7388: 7387: 7375: 7374: 7362: 7361: 7349: 7348: 7336: 7335: 7323: 7322: 7310: 7309: 7297: 7296: 7284: 7283: 7274: 7273: 7261: 7260: 7248: 7247: 7235: 7234: 7222: 7221: 7209: 7208: 7196: 7195: 7194: 7181: 7180: 7179: 7149: 7148: 6930: 6929: 6925: 6865: 6864: 6860: 6809: 6808: 6804: 6803: 6799: 6764: 6763: 6718: 6717: 6681: 6680: 6642:I. araguaiaensis 6626: 6625: 6580: 6579: 6559:P. macrocephalus 6543: 6542: 6428: 6427: 6423: 6414: 6413: 6409: 6408: 6404: 6345: 6344: 6287: 6286: 6282: 6144: 6143: 6139: 6120:Guiana dolphin ( 5965: 5964: 5960: 5817:G. macrorhynchus 5807: 5806: 5802: 5759:Common dolphin ( 5694: 5693: 5689: 5688: 5684: 5677: 5676: 5668:(Toothed whales) 5667: 5660: 5659: 5620: 5619: 5597:Humpback whale ( 5479:B. acutorostrata 5463: 5462: 5458: 5457: 5453: 5406: 5405: 5401: 5368: 5367: 5359: 5358: 5349: 5342: 5341: 5275: 5268: 5261: 5252: 5251: 5210: 5123: 5122: 5120: 5118: 5106: 5100: 5099: 5097: 5095: 5079: 5073: 5072: 5060: 5054: 5053: 5049: 5040: 5039: 5033: 5024: 5018: 5017: 5011: 5002: 4996: 4995: 4993: 4991: 4970: 4964: 4963: 4951: 4945: 4944: 4936: 4930: 4916: 4910: 4909: 4899: 4897:10.1038/367108a0 4867: 4861: 4860: 4844: 4838: 4837: 4819: 4813: 4812: 4811:. 20 March 2010. 4801: 4795: 4794: 4782: 4776: 4775: 4773: 4771: 4756: 4747: 4746: 4736: 4712: 4706: 4705: 4703: 4701: 4695: 4688: 4680: 4671: 4670: 4668: 4666: 4660: 4653: 4645: 4639: 4638: 4636: 4634: 4628: 4622:Sandra Altherr. 4619: 4613: 4612: 4610: 4608: 4597: 4591: 4590: 4588: 4586: 4572: 4563: 4562: 4550: 4544: 4543: 4535: 4529: 4528: 4520: 4509: 4508: 4502: 4493: 4487: 4486: 4474: 4468: 4467: 4459: 4453: 4452: 4436: 4430: 4429: 4417: 4408: 4397: 4391: 4390: 4366: 4360: 4359: 4343: 4337: 4336: 4320: 4311: 4310: 4298: 4289: 4288: 4276: 4265: 4264: 4254: 4236: 4219:(12): e0244068. 4204: 4198: 4185: 4179: 4168:Daniel.Bisson – 4166: 4160: 4159: 4139: 4133: 4126: 4120: 4113: 4107: 4100: 4094: 4093: 4082: 4076: 4069: 4063: 4062: 4036: 4030: 4029: 4027: 4025: 4007: 4001: 4000: 3982: 3969: 3968: 3956: 3950: 3949: 3937: 3931: 3930: 3921: 3915: 3914: 3894: 3888: 3887: 3876: 3870: 3869: 3859: 3834:(2): 1339–1349. 3819: 3813: 3812: 3772: 3766: 3756:this description 3752: 3746: 3745: 3712:(6): 3941–3945. 3703: 3694: 3685: 3684: 3675: 3666: 3665: 3653: 3647: 3646: 3634: 3628: 3627: 3615: 3604: 3597: 3588: 3587: 3577: 3553: 3547: 3546: 3538: 3525: 3524: 3516: 3510: 3509: 3507: 3505: 3499: 3488: 3482: 3481: 3469: 3463: 3462: 3446: 3431: 3430: 3418: 3407: 3401: 3400: 3398: 3396: 3380: 3374: 3373: 3361: 3355: 3354: 3310: 3304: 3303: 3283: 3277: 3270: 3264: 3263: 3247: 3241: 3240:. 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The American 1020: 1015: 967: 883: 877: 804:Sei whales are 787: 778: 769: 760: 751: 668: 588:Balaenopteridae 482: 457: 355: 349: 335: 331: 237: 231: 225: 212: 185:Balaenopteridae 110: 102: 85: 74: 70: 63: 17: 12: 11: 5: 7632: 7622: 7621: 7616: 7611: 7606: 7601: 7596: 7591: 7586: 7581: 7576: 7559: 7558: 7556: 7555: 7542: 7529: 7516: 7503: 7490: 7477: 7464: 7454: 7441: 7428: 7415: 7402: 7389: 7376: 7363: 7350: 7337: 7324: 7311: 7298: 7285: 7275: 7262: 7249: 7236: 7223: 7210: 7197: 7182: 7166: 7164: 7158: 7157: 7143: 7142: 7139: 7138: 7135: 7134: 7131: 7130: 7128: 7127: 7123:Z. cavirostris 7117: 7115: 7107: 7106: 7104: 7103: 7093: 7091: 7083: 7082: 7080: 7079: 7070: 7061: 7052: 7043: 7034: 7025: 7016: 7007: 6998: 6989: 6980: 6971: 6962: 6953: 6944: 6934: 6932: 6916: 6915: 6913: 6912: 6902: 6900: 6892: 6891: 6889: 6888: 6879: 6869: 6867: 6851: 6850: 6848: 6847: 6838: 6829: 6819: 6817: 6806: 6792: 6791: 6788: 6787: 6785: 6784: 6780:P. blainvillei 6774: 6772: 6761: 6755: 6754: 6751: 6750: 6748: 6747: 6738: 6728: 6726: 6715: 6709: 6708: 6705: 6704: 6702: 6701: 6691: 6689: 6678: 6672: 6671: 6668: 6667: 6665: 6664: 6660:I. geoffrensis 6655: 6651:I. boliviensis 6646: 6636: 6634: 6623: 6617: 6616: 6613: 6612: 6610: 6609: 6600: 6590: 6588: 6577: 6571: 6570: 6567: 6566: 6564: 6563: 6553: 6551: 6540: 6534: 6533: 6530: 6529: 6527: 6526: 6516: 6514: 6506: 6505: 6503: 6502: 6498:P. spinipinnis 6493: 6484: 6475: 6465: 6463: 6455: 6454: 6452: 6451: 6442: 6432: 6430: 6411: 6397: 6396: 6393: 6392: 6390: 6389: 6379: 6377: 6369: 6368: 6366: 6365: 6359:Beluga whale ( 6355: 6353: 6350:Delphinapterus 6342: 6336: 6335: 6332: 6331: 6329: 6328: 6319: 6310: 6301: 6291: 6289: 6273: 6272: 6270: 6269: 6265:S. bredanensis 6259: 6257: 6249: 6248: 6246: 6245: 6236: 6227: 6218: 6209: 6199: 6197: 6189: 6188: 6186: 6185: 6176: 6167: 6158: 6148: 6146: 6130: 6129: 6127: 6126: 6117: 6113:S. fluviatilis 6107: 6105: 6097: 6096: 6094: 6093: 6083: 6081: 6073: 6072: 6070: 6069: 6059: 6057: 6049: 6048: 6046: 6045: 6035: 6033: 6025: 6024: 6022: 6021: 6012: 6002: 6000: 5992: 5991: 5989: 5988: 5979: 5969: 5967: 5951: 5950: 5948: 5947: 5938: 5934:L. obliquidens 5929: 5920: 5911: 5902: 5898:L. albirostris 5892: 5890: 5887:Lagenorhynchus 5882: 5881: 5879: 5878: 5868: 5866: 5858: 5857: 5855: 5854: 5844: 5842: 5834: 5833: 5831: 5830: 5821: 5811: 5809: 5805:(Pilot whales) 5793: 5792: 5790: 5789: 5779: 5777: 5769: 5768: 5766: 5765: 5755: 5753: 5745: 5744: 5742: 5741: 5732: 5723: 5714: 5710:C. commersonii 5704: 5702: 5691: 5673: 5672: 5656: 5655: 5652: 5651: 5648: 5647: 5644: 5643: 5641: 5640: 5630: 5628: 5617: 5611: 5610: 5607: 5606: 5604: 5603: 5593: 5591: 5583: 5582: 5580: 5579: 5569: 5567: 5559: 5558: 5556: 5555: 5549:Rice's whale ( 5546: 5537: 5528: 5519: 5510: 5501: 5492: 5488:B. bonaerensis 5483: 5473: 5471: 5460: 5446: 5445: 5442: 5441: 5439: 5438: 5429: 5420: 5410: 5408: 5404:(Right whales) 5392: 5391: 5389: 5388: 5378: 5376: 5365: 5355: 5354: 5338: 5337: 5335: 5334: 5328: 5322: 5320:Laurasiatheria 5316: 5310: 5304: 5298: 5291: 5288: 5287: 5278: 5277: 5270: 5263: 5255: 5249: 5248: 5243: 5238: 5233: 5224: 5217: 5216:External links 5214: 5212: 5211: 5194: 5181: 5168: 5155: 5146: 5132: 5130: 5127: 5125: 5124: 5101: 5074: 5055: 5041: 5019: 4997: 4965: 4946: 4931: 4911: 4862: 4839: 4832: 4814: 4796: 4777: 4748: 4707: 4672: 4640: 4614: 4592: 4564: 4545: 4530: 4510: 4488: 4469: 4454: 4447:. New Series. 4431: 4409: 4392: 4381:(3): 313–318. 4361: 4338: 4312: 4290: 4266: 4199: 4180: 4161: 4134: 4121: 4108: 4095: 4077: 4064: 4057: 4031: 4002: 3995: 3970: 3951: 3932: 3916: 3909: 3889: 3886:. 9 June 2014. 3871: 3814: 3787:(2): 137–145. 3767: 3747: 3686: 3667: 3648: 3629: 3605: 3589: 3548: 3526: 3511: 3483: 3464: 3432: 3425: 3402: 3375: 3356: 3337:(1): 155–163. 3305: 3298: 3278: 3265: 3242: 3224: 3205: 3186: 3163: 3137: 3124: 3111: 3093: 3077: 3066:(3): 259–273. 3045: 3001: 2974:and Sei Whale 2946: 2928: 2896: 2854: 2826: 2811: 2785: 2748: 2723: 2668: 2646: 2624: 2562: 2543: 2530: 2527:(25): 384–420. 2511: 2498: 2481: 2468: 2440: 2413:(4): 343–351. 2393: 2368: 2329: 2287: 2253: 2228: 2175: 2160: 2131: 2129: 2126: 2125: 2124: 2116: 2111: 2105: 2104: 2090: 2087:Mammals portal 2076: 2060: 2057: 2020:Denmark Strait 2003: 2000: 1939: 1936: 1892: 1889: 1879: 1876: 1854: 1851: 1810: 1809:North Atlantic 1807: 1772: 1769: 1765:Canary Islands 1729:Denmark Strait 1683: 1680: 1676:Beagle Channel 1667:Bryde's whales 1616:Sea of Okhotsk 1558:Gulf of Mexico 1525: 1522: 1485:relative to 1 1463: 1460: 1402: 1399: 1301:acorn barnacle 1280: 1277: 1110:North Atlantic 1058: 1055: 1019: 1016: 1014: 1011: 966: 963: 876: 873: 865:B. b. borealis 810:humpback whale 800: 799: 789: 788: 784: 783: 780: 779: 775: 774: 771: 770: 766: 765: 762: 761: 757: 756: 753: 752: 748: 747: 744: 743: 739:humpback whale 731: 728: 727: 724: 723: 711: 706: 704: 701: 700: 697: 696: 684: 679: 677: 674: 673: 670: 669: 665: 664: 661: 660: 648: 645: 644: 641: 640: 626: 621: 619: 614: 612: 609: 608: 605: 604: 597: 592: 590: 582: 562:B. b. borealis 506:Georges Cuvier 481: 478: 456: 453: 393:. The whale's 387:B. b. borealis 322: 321: 320: 319: 311: 303: 292: 290:Rudolphi, 1822 281: 280: 274: 273: 269: 268: 260: 259: 258: 257: 255:B.b.schlegelii 252: 244: 243: 239: 238: 232: 221: 220: 214: 213: 206: 204: 200: 199: 192: 188: 187: 182: 178: 177: 172: 168: 167: 162: 158: 157: 152: 148: 147: 142: 138: 137: 132: 128: 127: 122: 118: 117: 104: 103: 90: 87: 86: 68: 65: 64: 59: 56: 55: 51: 50: 42: 41: 37: 36: 28: 27: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 7631: 7620: 7617: 7615: 7612: 7610: 7607: 7605: 7602: 7600: 7597: 7595: 7592: 7590: 7587: 7585: 7582: 7580: 7577: 7575: 7572: 7571: 7569: 7552: 7547: 7543: 7539: 7534: 7530: 7526: 7521: 7517: 7513: 7508: 7504: 7500: 7495: 7491: 7487: 7482: 7478: 7474: 7469: 7465: 7461: 7455: 7451: 7446: 7442: 7438: 7433: 7429: 7425: 7420: 7416: 7412: 7407: 7403: 7399: 7394: 7390: 7386: 7381: 7377: 7373: 7368: 7364: 7360: 7355: 7351: 7347: 7342: 7338: 7334: 7329: 7325: 7321: 7316: 7312: 7308: 7303: 7299: 7295: 7290: 7286: 7282: 7276: 7272: 7267: 7263: 7259: 7254: 7250: 7246: 7241: 7237: 7233: 7228: 7224: 7220: 7215: 7211: 7207: 7202: 7198: 7193: 7187: 7183: 7178: 7172: 7168: 7167: 7165: 7163: 7159: 7155: 7150: 7126: 7124: 7119: 7118: 7116: 7114: 7113: 7108: 7102: 7100: 7095: 7094: 7092: 7090: 7089: 7084: 7078: 7076: 7071: 7069: 7067: 7066:M. stejnegeri 7062: 7060: 7058: 7057:M. peruvianus 7053: 7051: 7049: 7044: 7042: 7040: 7035: 7033: 7031: 7026: 7024: 7022: 7017: 7015: 7013: 7008: 7006: 7004: 6999: 6997: 6995: 6994:M. ginkgodens 6990: 6988: 6986: 6981: 6979: 6977: 6972: 6970: 6968: 6963: 6961: 6959: 6958:M. carlhubbsi 6954: 6952: 6950: 6945: 6943: 6941: 6936: 6935: 6933: 6923: 6922: 6917: 6911: 6909: 6904: 6903: 6901: 6899: 6898: 6893: 6887: 6885: 6884:H. planifrons 6880: 6878: 6876: 6875:H. ampullatus 6871: 6870: 6868: 6858: 6857: 6852: 6846: 6844: 6839: 6837: 6835: 6830: 6828: 6826: 6821: 6820: 6818: 6816: 6815: 6810: 6807: 6797: 6793: 6783: 6781: 6776: 6775: 6773: 6771: 6770: 6765: 6762: 6760: 6759:Pontoporiidae 6756: 6746: 6744: 6739: 6737: 6735: 6730: 6729: 6727: 6725: 6724: 6719: 6716: 6714: 6713:Platanistidae 6710: 6700: 6698: 6697:L. vexillifer 6693: 6692: 6690: 6688: 6687: 6682: 6679: 6677: 6673: 6663: 6661: 6656: 6654: 6652: 6647: 6645: 6643: 6638: 6637: 6635: 6633: 6632: 6627: 6624: 6622: 6618: 6608: 6606: 6601: 6599: 6597: 6592: 6591: 6589: 6587: 6586: 6581: 6578: 6576: 6572: 6562: 6560: 6557:Sperm whale ( 6555: 6554: 6552: 6550: 6549: 6544: 6541: 6539: 6535: 6525: 6523: 6518: 6517: 6515: 6513: 6512: 6507: 6501: 6499: 6494: 6492: 6490: 6485: 6483: 6481: 6476: 6474: 6472: 6467: 6466: 6464: 6462: 6461: 6456: 6450: 6448: 6443: 6441: 6439: 6434: 6433: 6431: 6421: 6420: 6415: 6412: 6402: 6398: 6388: 6386: 6381: 6380: 6378: 6376: 6375: 6370: 6364: 6362: 6357: 6356: 6354: 6352: 6351: 6346: 6343: 6341: 6337: 6327: 6325: 6320: 6318: 6316: 6311: 6309: 6307: 6302: 6300: 6298: 6293: 6292: 6290: 6280: 6279: 6274: 6268: 6266: 6261: 6260: 6258: 6256: 6255: 6250: 6244: 6242: 6237: 6235: 6233: 6228: 6226: 6224: 6219: 6217: 6215: 6210: 6208: 6206: 6201: 6200: 6198: 6196: 6195: 6190: 6184: 6182: 6177: 6175: 6173: 6172:S. sahulensis 6168: 6166: 6164: 6159: 6157: 6155: 6150: 6149: 6147: 6137: 6136: 6131: 6125: 6123: 6122:S. guianensis 6118: 6116: 6114: 6109: 6108: 6106: 6104: 6103: 6098: 6092: 6090: 6089:P. crassidens 6085: 6084: 6082: 6080: 6079: 6074: 6068: 6066: 6061: 6060: 6058: 6056: 6055: 6054:Peponocephala 6050: 6044: 6042: 6037: 6036: 6034: 6032: 6031: 6026: 6020: 6018: 6013: 6011: 6009: 6004: 6003: 6001: 5999: 5998: 5993: 5987: 5985: 5980: 5978: 5976: 5971: 5970: 5968: 5958: 5957: 5952: 5946: 5944: 5939: 5937: 5935: 5930: 5928: 5926: 5921: 5919: 5917: 5912: 5910: 5908: 5903: 5901: 5899: 5894: 5893: 5891: 5889: 5888: 5883: 5877: 5875: 5870: 5869: 5867: 5865: 5864: 5863:Lagenodelphis 5859: 5853: 5851: 5846: 5845: 5843: 5841: 5840: 5835: 5829: 5827: 5822: 5820: 5818: 5813: 5812: 5810: 5800: 5799: 5794: 5788: 5786: 5781: 5780: 5778: 5776: 5775: 5770: 5764: 5762: 5757: 5756: 5754: 5752: 5751: 5746: 5740: 5738: 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Conservation status
Endangered
IUCN 3.1
CITES
CITES
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Cetacea
Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera
Binomial name
Lesson

Synonyms
Gray
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SAY
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baleen whale
rorqual
blue
fin whales
ventral

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