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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Minke Whale

WoRMS 137087ITIS 180524key worms:137087
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2026-08-05: itis_id 180524 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Agaphelus acutorostrata
Minke Whale10.7 m
R/V Reuben Lasker63.6 m

max · sealifebase

Photograph of Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Photo · Nils · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The common minke whale or northern minke whale is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.W CalCOFI holds 32 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1988 and 2016.R

32
observations
32
records
32
sampling events
1988–2016
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Seabirds & Marine Mammals 32 obs · 32 events · 1988–2016
    name used: Balaenoptera acutorostrata Minke Whale · code MIWH

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

calcofi:marine_mammals

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:137087%22