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

Marine Mammals Atlantic Ocean Cetaceans Syrian waters.

Authors

  • 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 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.
August 25, 2020

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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.