Razorback
Balaenoptera physalus
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Balaenopteridae
- Genus
- Balaenoptera
Where to Find
Found in 27 diving areas across 15 countries and 4 regions.
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 8 records
- Corsica, France - 543 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 61 records
- Strytan & North Iceland, Iceland - 63 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 629 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 10 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 1 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 150 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 174 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 16 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 485 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1982 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 10 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 1 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 56 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 2 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 3 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 16 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 50 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 8 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 8 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 195 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 341 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 23 records
- Alaska, United States - 35 records