Fin whale
| IUCN global conservation status: Endangered ACCOBAMS/IUCN global conservation status: Endangered | |
| Mediterranean: Regular | Black Sea: Absent |
| Name: | Scientific: | From the Latin balaena = whale and the Greek pteron = wing or fin (indicating the difference between Rorquals, which have a dorsal fin, and Right Whales, which do not), and phûseter = blower |
Common: | From the Norwegian royrkval, which means baleen whales |