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Jména
Arabian Sea Blue Whale
Etymology/Derivation of the Scientific Name
The genus name "Balaenoptera" is a combination of two Latin words, "Balaena" (whale) and "pteron" (having a dorsal fin). The specific Latin name "musculus" have two meanings (muscle) and (little mouse). Carl Linnaeus, who named the species in 1758, is thought to have known the dual meaning, and may have used it as a bit of irony. The subspecific name “arabica” is Latin for (Arabian)-Sea, where this new subspecies of blue whale is living.
Rozšíření
The Arabian subspecies, B. m. arabica (new subspecies) lives in the Arabian Sea and Western Indian Ocean. The new population was detected by its novel song-type which was recorded off Oman in the Arabian Sea/northern Indian Ocean, off the western Chagos Archipelago in the equatorial central Indian Ocean, and off Madagascar in the southwestern Indian Ocean.