Balaenoptera omurai
Balaenoptera omurai is a species of whale. Little is known about it. It is called the dwarf fin whale, the little fin whale, or Omura's whale. It gets up to 11. 5 meters (about 38 feet) long. It lives in the Indo-Pacific.
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| Balaenoptera omurai Wada et al., 2003
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Balaenoptera omurai is one of the Bryde's whales, a group of closely related and similar whales.
Balaenoptera Omurai Media
Feeding off Nosy Be, Madagascar
breaching off Nosy Be, Madagascar
Photograph showing a small rorqual taken by villagers of Lamakera between 1915 and 1944. This is thought to likely be an Omura's whale (see text).
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