Fin whale

IUCN global conservation status: Endangered
ACCOBAMS/IUCN global conservation status: Endangered
Mediterranean: RegularBlack Sea: Absent

fin_whale

 

 

Fin_Whale_Silou

 

 

 

Name:

   Scientific:

From the Latin balaena = whale and the Greek pteron = wing or fin (indicating the difference
between Rorquals, which have a dorsal fin, and Right Whales, which do not), and phûseter =
blower

   Common:

From the Norwegian royrkval, which means baleen whales