kingdom Animalia > phylum Chordata > subphylum Vertebrata > infraphylum Gnathostomata > class Mammalia > subclass Theria > order Cetartiodactyla > suborder Cetancodonta > infraorder Cetacea > superfamily Mysticeti > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera > species Balaenoptera acutorostrata
| Rank | Species |
| Status | accepted |
| Aphia ID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137087 |
| BOLD ID | 29234 |
| NCBI ID | 9767 |
| Common names | agamakhchik, bagwhale, baleia minke, baleia-minke-ana, baleine d'été, balenoptere a bec aigu, balenottera minore , balenottera rostrata, ballena enana, ballena menor, ballena minke, bayağı minke balinası, bay whale, beaked rorqual, chikagulik, chikagulik, common minke whale, Davidson's whale, dwarf minke whale, dwergfinvisch, dwergvinvis, hrafureydur, hrefna, karlikovyi polosatik, kauchikan uiiut, koiwashi kujira, kupokaru, least rorqual, lesser finback, lesser piked whale, lille Rorhval, little finner, little piked whale, malyi polosatika, mažasis ruožuotis, mingkeu-gorae, minke, minkehval, minke-walvis, minke whale, minkies hval, Minkie's whale, minku, morfil minke, morfil pigfain, northern minke whale, ostrogolovyi polosatik, ostromordyi polosatik, petit rorqual, pikehead whale, plawan klaebkhribkhaodam, plejtvák stikovitý, płetwal karłowaty, qungvughaq, rebbehval, rorcual aliblanco, rorcual de Minke, rorcual enano, rorcual menor, rorcual picudo, rorqual aliblanco, rorqual à museau pointu, rorqual à rostre, rorqual d'aleta blanca, rorqual de aleta blanca, rorqual mineur, rorqual pequeño, Ščukasti kit, sharp-headed finner whale, sildepisker, spetsnäbbad finnfisk, Spitzkopf-Finnfisch, summer whale, trozona maran-doha, vaagehval, vaage-Qval, vågehval, vågehval, vågehval, vågekval, vikarehval, vikval, vinkval, zalivov, Zwergwal, Ρυγχοφάλαινα , или остроголовый полосатик, малый полосатик, Смугач малий, לויתן גוץ, ミンククジラ／コイワシクジラ |
| Environments |
marine, |
| Subspecies | Balaenoptera acutorostrata davidsoni unaccepted |
| Subspecies | Balaenoptera acutorostrata bonaerensis unaccepted |
| Subspecies | Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata |
| Subspecies | Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammoni |
| Subspecies | Balaenoptera acutorostrata thalmaha unaccepted |
| Occurrence records | 253,106 | |
| Species level | 253,106 |
|
| Absence records | 2,178 | |
| Species | 1 | |
| Taxa | 1 | |
| Datasets | 276 | |
| Time range | 1804 - 2025 |
| Dropped records | 86 |
|
| Not marine | 0 |
|
| Marine unsure | 0 |
|
| No coordinates | 86 |
|
| Zero coordinates | 0 |
|
| Marine unsure | 0 |
|
| No accepted name available | 0 |
|
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 21,098 | 226,367 |
|
| decimalLatitude | 83 | 3 |
|
| decimalLongitude | 82 | 3 |
|
| eventDate | 335 | 0 |
|
| maximumDepthInMeters | 253,701 | 141 |
|
| minimumDepthInMeters | 253,893 | 141 |
|
| occurrenceStatus | 359 | 0 |
|
| scientificNameID | 99 | 8,304 |
|
| Records on land | 1,122 |
|
| More than 20 km from shore | 25 |
|
| Depth exceeds bathymetric depth | 24 |
|
| Dataset | Records |
|---|---|
|
Minke whale localized acoustic detections off Kauai
Published 2022-07-01 |
223,732 |
|
DFO Maritimes Region Cetacean Sightings
Published 2024-06-06 |
8,150 |
|
Incidental sightings of marine mammals
Published 2025-03-20 |
7,014 |
|
NEFSC Right Whale Aerial Survey
Published 2025-02-24 |
2,781 |
|
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS)
Published 2025-03-20 |
1,375 |
|
HMAP Dataset 04: World Whaling
Published 2025-03-20 |
1,125 |
|
Sanctuary Soundscape Monitoring Project (SanctSound) Daily Aggregated Species Detections
Published 2025-02-12 |
593 |
|
BLM CETAP OPP Sightings
Published 2021-04-24 |
492 |
|
Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean
Published 2022-07-05 |
433 |
|
Visual sightings from Song of the Whale 1993-2013
Published 2021-04-24 |
416 |