Balaenoptera omurai
| Balaenoptera omurai | |
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| Skull of Omura's whale | |
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| Family: | Balaenoptiidae
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| Balaenoptera omurai Wada et al., 2003
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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.
Balaenoptera omurai is one of the Bryde's whales, a group of closely related and similar whales.