Common Minkie Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Common & widespread around the British & European coasts.

Common Minke Whales are among the most robust members of their genus, the greatest height of their body being one-fifth their total length.

They are dark grey dorsally and clean white ventrally.

The lower jaw projects beyond the upper jaw and is dark gray on both sides – though, like the dwarf form, it can have a white mandible blaze at the rear corner of the right lower jaw.

An indistinct light gray rostral saddle may be present, and a few individuals can have pale, thin blowhole streaks trailing from the blowholes.

They are light grey or white ventrally and bordered by dark gray. margin.