Common name of Balaenoptera musculus
 
Common Name True blue whale
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Australia
Locality
Ref. How, R.A., N.K. Cooper and J.L. Bannister, 2001
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core fish
1st Modifier color pattern(s)
2nd Modifier other/n.a.
Remarks 'whale' from Proto-Indo-European '(s)kwal-o-' (source also of Latin 'squalus', a kind of large sea fish).
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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