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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Balaenoptera physalus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Balaenopteridae

Genus

Balaenoptera

Species

Balaenoptera physalus

Mammalia🌊 Marine predator / filter feeder

Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale · ナガスクジラ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)VU (Vulnerable)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Marine Protected Species (Korea)

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Marine predator / filter feeder

Length · Height

25.9m · No data

Mass · Top Speed

72.6t · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Deep offshore waters of all major oceans, mainly temperate to polar seas

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its body length of 25.9 m is slightly longer than a single lane of a 25 m swimming pool (Comparison).
💡 Its weight of about 72.6 tons equals roughly forty-eight passenger cars (about 1.5 tons each) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)95

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#참고래#Balaenoptera physalus

📖 1. Overview

The fin whale is an enormous baleen whale living in the deep offshore waters of all major oceans.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

It has a sleek body and a V-shaped head, with 50–100 accordion-like pleats on its throat and 260–480 baleen plates on each side of the mouth. A hooked dorsal fin sits about two-thirds (2/3) of the way down its back.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

In summer, it lunges into swarms of krill, small schooling fish such as herring and sand lance, and squid, filtering them through its baleen plates and eating up to about 2 tons a day. It migrates between polar feeding grounds in summer and warmer breeding waters in winter.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

It is a species recorded in Korean waters and listed under the Korean name Ginsuyeom-gorae in the National List of Species of Korea (National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR)).