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Balaenoptera physalus

Balaenoptera physalus

Common Rorqual(+19)·(Linnaeus, 1758)

GBIF:202603406

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engCommon RorqualengengFin WhaleengengFin-backed WhaleengengFinbackengengFinback Whaleeng+15 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engCommon Rorqual
eng
Source: Balaenopteridae
engFin Whale
eng
Source: Catalogue of Life
engFin-backed Whale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engFinback
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engFinback Whale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engFinner
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engFinnwal
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engHerring Whale
eng
Source: Balaenopteridae
engNorthern Fin Whale
eng
Source: Balaenopteridae
engPhysalus
eng
Source: Balaenopteridae
engQuoyi
eng
Source: Balaenopteridae
engRazorback
eng
Source: Balaenopteridae
engRazorback; Northern Fin Whale (physalus); Southern Fin Whale (quoyi)
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engRorcual Comun
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engRorqual Commun
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSouthern Fin Whale
eng
Source: Balaenopteridae
engBig Finner
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engCommon Finback Whale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engCommon Finwhale
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engRazor Back
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist

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Source Information

Martha's Vineyard species checklist

checklist

This is an initial Martha's Vineyard species checklist derived from GBIF Ocurrences. The initial purpose of this checklist is to create a datasetKey to be used by software to explore species found on Martha's Vineyard.

Loomis J (2024). Martha's Vineyard species checklist. Version 1.5. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3vk6gc accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC BYPublished 10/30/2024
GBIF Usage Key
202603406
Dataset Key
298a29ef-a66a-4330-93a1-ea59482e25d9
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2440718
Taxon ID
2440718
Last Crawled
3/3/2026
Last Interpreted
3/3/2026