Balaenoptera musculus
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Species Balaenoptera musculus (Blue whale)
Subspecies
Taxon | Vernacular name (ENG) | |
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Species profile
- Is marine
Vernacular names for species Balaenoptera musculus
Language | Name | Source |
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Afrikaans | blouwalvis | Worms |
Aleut | abugulikh, omgolia | Worms, Worms |
Catalan | balena blava | Worms |
Chukot | akhvorkhrikh, tnmerken-uiiut | Worms, Worms |
Czech | plejtvák obrovský | Worms |
Dutch; Flemish | blauwe vinvis | Worms |
English | blue whale, blue rorqual, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, Ostende whale, Sibbald's rorqual, sulphurbottom whale, finny whale, great rorqual, common rorqual | Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms |
French | baleine bleue, baleine d'Ostend, baleine jubarte, rorqual bleu, rorqual de Sibbald | Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms |
German | Blauwal, Riesenwal, Schanelwal, Schwefelbauchwal | Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms |
Icelandic | hrefna, steypireydr, hafreydur | Worms, Worms, Worms |
Indonesian | paus biru, laylan agi | Worms, Worms |
Italian | balenottera azzura | Worms |
Japanese | siro nagasu kujira, シロナガスクジラ | Worms, Worms |
Kalaallisut; Greenlandic | tunnolik | Worms |
Korean | daewang-gorae | Worms |
Malagasy | trozona manga | Worms |
Norwegian | blaahval, heipe-reydur, rörqual | Worms, Worms, Worms |
Portuguese | baleia azul | Worms |
Russian | bolshoi polosatik, goluboi kit, sinii kit, blyuval | Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms |
Spanish | rorcual azul, ballena azul, kila, alfaware, alfaguara, gran rorcal, rorcual gigante | Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms |
Swedish | blaval, jattenhval, muskel finnfisk | Worms, Worms, Worms |
Yupik languages | takyshkok, takerrkak | Worms, Worms |