103. Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

(IUCN Red List: VU)

Subspecies: B. p. physalus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Status: Regular; stranded dead on the coast of Al-Hamidiyah/Khrabih in 2010 (Ibrahim 2011a). Recent records: 12 km southwest of Latakia (2021) (Fig. 112).