Species profile—Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Balaenopteridae (baleen whales) → Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Balaenopteridae (baleen whales)
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- fin whale
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1053
- Alternate name(s)
- common rorqual
razorback
herring whale
finner
finback
fin-backed whale - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1053
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
