In 2013, Fisheries and Oceans Canada issued a Draft Partial Action Plan for Blue, Fin, Sei and North Pacific Right Whales ( Balaenoptera musculus, B . physalus, B . borealis, and Eubalaena japonica ) in Pacific Canadian Waters.
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The "'pygmy blue whale "'( " Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda " ) is a subspecies of the blue whale ( " Balaenoptera musculus " ) found in the Indian Ocean and the southern Pacific Ocean.
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The "'pygmy blue whale "'( " Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda " ) is a subspecies of the blue whale ( " Balaenoptera musculus " ) found in the Indian Ocean and the southern Pacific Ocean.
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According to the Nature study, the new species shows several differences from fin whales, including external features, bone structure and DNA . The researchers named the new species Balaenoptera omurai in honor of the late Japanese whale researcher, Dr . Hideo Omura.
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A specimen from the Late Pliocene of northern Italy, named " " Cetotherium " gastaldii " by and renamed " " Balaenoptera " gastaldii " by, was identified as a basal eschrichtiid by who recombined it to " Eschrichtioides gastaldii ".
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A revision of the list of cetaceans reported in the ocean surrounding Tuvalu was carried by Miller ( 2009 ), who listed minke-like whale ( " Balaenoptera sp . ) " and diminutive sperm whale ( " Kogia sp . ) ".
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The "'blue whale "'( " Balaenoptera musculus " ) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales ( Mysticeti ) . and probably reaching over 181 tonnes ( 200 short tons ), it is the largest animal known to have ever existed.
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The sea grass meadows of the coastal areas are rich in green sea turtles " ( Chelonia mydas ) ", dolphins, common minke whales " ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata ) " and Mediterranean monk seals " ( Monachus monachus ) ", which feed on the fish species.
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In October 1870, Scammon collected the 27-foot-long type specimen of the Davidson piked whale ( " Balaenoptera davidsoni ", Scammon, 1872 ); it had been found dead on the shores of Admiralty Inlet by Italian fishermen, who towed it to Port Townsend Bay, where they flensed it.
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They recommend that the genus " Balaenoptera " be limited to the fin whale, have minke whales fall under the genus " Pterobalaena ", and have " Rorqualus " contain the Sei whale, Bryde's whale, Eden's whale, the blue whale, and Omura's whale.
