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Marine Mammals Information Database ：Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals
Bryde's whale
Scientific Name : Balaenoptera edeni*1 / Japanese Name : nitari-kujira
Details
| Order | Cetartiodactyla |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Mysticeti |
| Family | Balaenopteridae |
| Genus | Balaenoptera |
| Species | edeni*1 |
| Subspecies | - |
| Subtype | - |
| CITES Appendix | Not Listed | IUCN RedData Status | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw | 250-370 | Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw | - |
| At birth | At weaning | Adult | Adult male | Adult female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | 13ft | 23.5ft | 46ft | - | - |
| Body weight | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feature and Habit |
|---|
| The Bryde’s whales have three prominent ridges from the blowholes to the tip of rostrum. The dorsal fin (as high as 0.5m) is strongly curved and the tip is pointed. The body color is dark gray. This whales have 250 to 370 baleen plates per side, which are short (no more than 0.4m) with coarse fringe and dark gray. The 50 to 70 throat pleats reach to the umbilicus at least. The offshore populations are migratory, but some nearshore populations are residential. |
| Description |
| *1 旧分類によるもの。(Shiro Wada, Masayuki Oishi & Tadasu K. Yamada (2003) A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. Nature, 426: 278-281.) |
| Stranding Record(s) in Japan |
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Marine Mammals Skull Database
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| Sex | - | Reproductive Condition | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | - | Locality | - |
| Museum No. | - | Other No. | - |
