Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804

Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, Zootaxa 5580 (1), pp. 1-130 : 103

102. Common Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804

(IUCN Red List: LC)

Subspecies: B. a. acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 .

Status: Occasional; stranded dead on the southern coast of Banias (Al-Khrab) ( Ibrahim et al. 2020). ( Fig. 111 )

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FIGURE 111. Records of the Common Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 in Syria.