Species profile—Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Balaenopteridae (baleen whales) → Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Balaenopteridae (baleen whales)
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
- Common name
- sei whale
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1065
- Alternate name(s)
- coalfish whale
Rudophi's rorqual
pollack 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 Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1065.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
