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Balaenopteridae

Known as: finback whales 
National Institutes of Health

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BalaenopteraMegaptera novaeangliae
Balaenoptera physalus

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2019
2019
A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Southern North Sea Basin and the evolution of balaenopterid diversity (Cetacea, Mysticeti)
Background Balaenopterid mysticetes represent the most successful family-rank group of this clade. Their evolutionary history is… 
2019
2019
Digenetic trematode Ogmogaster antarcticus (Notocotylidae) in a fin whale Balaenoptera physalus (Balaenopteridae) stranded in the Baltic Sea.
On 28 August 2015, a dead fin whale Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) was collected from the waters of the Gulf of Gdan… 
2017
2017
Sling, Scoop, and Squirter: Anatomical Features Facilitating Prey Transport, Processing, and Swallowing in Rorqual Whales (Mammalia: Balaenopteridae)
Much is known about lunge feeding in balaenopterid whales, but many key aspects of structure, function, and behavior have not yet… 
Review
2017
Review
2017
Aggregative and feeding thresholds of sympatric rorqual whales within a fjord system
Rorqual whales (f. Balaenopteridae) supposedly respond to increases in prey supply according to both aggregative and feeding… 
2016
2016
Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)
A new extinct genus, Fragilicetus gen. nov., is described here based on a partial skull of a baleen-bearing whale from the Early… 
2016
2016
Ontogenetic development and redescription of the whale louse Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Cyamidae), ectoparasite of humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Mammalia: Cetacea…
Crustacean amphipods known as whale louse parasitise cetaceans across the world. Taxonomy of the group is generally based on… 
2006
2006
Middle Sized Balaenopterid Whale Specimens (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) Preserved at Several Institutions in Taiwan, Thailand, and India
Twenty-two specimens of middle sized balaenoptrerid whales preserved in 11 institu- tions in Taiwan, Thailand, and India were… 
2006
2006
A. Estrutura populacional da Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Burmeister) (Cetacea, Balaenopteridae) nas áreas de reprodução do Oceano Atlântico Sul
A group composition study of the minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Burmeister, 1867) captured in the waters of Costinha… 
1981
1981
Comparison of accumulation patterns in layered dentinal tissue of some Odontoceti and corresponding patterns in baleen platesand ear plugs of Balaenopteridae
The data of the present examination show that the teeth of delphinids reach their ultimate diameter before eruption from the gum… 
1964
1964
Ontogenese und funktionelle Morphologie des Auges des Finnwals, Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae)
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