Right whale (disambiguation)
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Right whale may refer to:
Baleen whale taxa:
Other:
Baleen whale taxa:
- the taxonomic family BalaenidaeBalaenidaeBalaenidae is a family of mysticete whales that contains two living genera. Commonly called the right whales as it contains mainly right whale species...
which consists of two genera Eubalaena and the BalaenaBowhead WhaleThe bowhead whale is a baleen whale of the right whale family Balaenidae in suborder Mysticeti. A stocky dark-colored whale without a dorsal fin, it can grow to in length. This thick-bodied species can weigh to , second only to the blue whale, although the bowhead's maximum length is less than...
(Bowhead whale) - the genus Eubalaena or any of the three species currently recognized in that genus:
- North Atlantic Right WhaleNorth Atlantic Right WhaleThe North Atlantic right whale which means "good, or true, whale of the ice") is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena, formerly classified as a single species. With only 400 in existence, North Atlantic right whales are among the most endangered whales...
(E. glacialis) - North Pacific Right WhaleNorth Pacific Right WhaleThe North Pacific right whale is a very large, robust baleen whale species that is now extremely rare and endangered. The Northeast Pacific subpopulation, that summers in the southeastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, may have no more than 50 animals...
(E. japonica) - Southern Right WhaleSouthern Right WhaleThe southern right whale is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Like other right whales, the southern right whale is readily distinguished from others by the callosities on its head, a broad back without a dorsal fin, and a long arching...
(E. australis)
- North Atlantic Right Whale
- Pygmy Right WhalePygmy Right WhaleThe pygmy right whale is a baleen whale, the sole member of the family Neobalaenidae. First described by John Edward Gray in 1846, it is the smallest of the baleen whales, ranging between and in length and 3,000 and 3,500 kg in mass...
(Caperea marginata) currently classified in its own family Neobalaenidae.
Other:
- Right Whale BayRight Whale BayRight Whale Bay is a bay 1.5 miles wide, entered between Craigie Point and Nameless Point along the north coast of South Georgia. The name dates back to at least 1922 and is now well established. The right whale is a species of whale found in this area - South Georgia was famous for its whaling....
, South Georgia - Right whale dolphinRight whale dolphinRight whale dolphins are cetaceans belonging to the genus Lissodelphis. It contains the Northern Right Whale Dolphin and the Southern Right Whale Dolphin . These cetaceans are predominantly black, white beneath, and one of the few without a dorsal fin or ridge...
- two species of dolphin in the genus Lissodelphis- Northern Right Whale DolphinNorthern Right Whale DolphinThe Northern right whale dolphin is a small and slender species of marine mammal found in the North Pacific Ocean. The Northern right whale dolphin travels in groups of up to 2000, often with other cetaceans, in deep waters of the North Pacific...
- Southern Right Whale DolphinSouthern Right Whale DolphinThe southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii, is a small and slender species of mammal found in cool waters of the southern hemisphere...
- Northern Right Whale Dolphin