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Scientific Name: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Fin whale
Local/Bangla Name: Timi (তিমি), Timi Mach (তিমি মাছ)
Photo: Whaleopedia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Balaenopteridae
Description:
The body is slim and lengthy. The ends of the upper and lower jaws have between fifty and one hundred tactile hairs, with a characteristic cluster of hairs located at the point of the lower jaw. Dorsal and flank areas brighten to white, but ventral sections remain dark gray to brown. The tips of the narrow, pointed flippers are sharp. With a distinct median notch, the flukes are huge, narrow, pointed at the tips, and remarkably well-defined, almost exactly like those of the blue whale. The upper jaw has 350–360 baleen plates, each measuring 36 inches (90 cm) on average in length and ranging in hue from bluish-gray to white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
The Swatch of No Ground in the Bay of Bay of Bengal
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA and Khondker M (eds) (2009) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol 27 Mammals Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 264 pp
Other References:
Nishat AH, Imamul SM, Barua, Shuvashish P, Reza, Ali AHM, Khan, Moniruzzaman AS (2002) Bio-ecological Zones of Bangladesh IUCN Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xii+ 131 pp
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