First stranding event of a Minke Whale Calf, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, in the Syrian Coast, Eastern Mediterranean

Amir Ibrahim; Chirine Hussein; Nahla Ibrahim; Moena Badran; Firas Alshawy; Alaa Alcheikh Ahmad

doi:10.22034/ijab.v8i4.890

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Amir Ibrahim Marine Biology Department, High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
Chirine Hussein Marine Biology Department, High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
Nahla Ibrahim Faculty of Sciences, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
Moena Badran Marine Biology Department, High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
Firas Alshawy
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Marine Biology Department, High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
Alaa Alcheikh Ahmad General Commission of Fisheries Resources, Coastal Area Branch, Tartous, Syria.

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Minke whale, a member of the Sub order Mysticeti, was sighted stranded in the northern, and southern parts of eastern Mediterranean. This paper report stranding of a Minke whale in Banyas Coast of Syria, and fills the gap of the species distribution between the north and south of the eastern Mediterranean.

Ibrahim, A., Hussein, C., Ibrahim, N., Badran, M., Alshawy, F., & Alcheikh Ahmad, A. (2020). First stranding event of a Minke Whale Calf, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, in the Syrian Coast, Eastern Mediterranean. International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 8(4), 296–299. https://doi.org/10.22034/ijab.v8i4.890

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