{"id":5138,"date":"2025-05-29T19:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:30:25","slug":"balaenoptera-musculus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/balaenoptera-musculus\/","title":{"rendered":"Balaenoptera musculus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Phylum&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/chordata-de-chile\/\">Chordata<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;| Clase&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/mammalia-de-chile\/\">Mammalia<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;| Orden&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/artiodactyla-de-chile\/\">Artiodactyla<\/a><\/strong> | Familia <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/balaenopteridae-de-chile\/\">Balaenopteridae<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Investigador(es) a cargo:&nbsp;<\/strong>Ignacio Fern\u00e1ndez Mordoj<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Citar como:&nbsp;<\/strong>Fern\u00e1ndez Mordoj, I.&nbsp;<em>Balaenoptera musculus<\/em>. ChileFauna. Recuperado el [inserte fecha de consulta] de [URL]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esta p\u00e1gina ha sido realizada en colaboraci\u00f3n con la&nbsp;<strong>ONG Mam\u00edferos de Chile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/JPG-MC-ONG_Mesa-de-trabajo-1-copia-11-scaled-e1746152230890-1024x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4935\" style=\"width:326px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Balaenoptera musculus<\/strong><\/em> (Linnaeus, 1758)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nombre(s) com\u00fan(es):<\/strong> ballena azul, rorcual azul, alfaguara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nombre en ingl\u00e9s:<\/strong> blue whale, blue rorqual<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Etimolog\u00eda:<\/strong> <em>Balaena<\/em> significa \u00abballena\u00bb en lat\u00edn y <em>ptera<\/em> viene del griego <em>pteron<\/em> que quiere decir \u00abala\u00bb o \u00abaleta\u00bb; por otro lado <em>musculus<\/em> es un diminutivo del lat\u00edn <em>mus<\/em> que significa \u00abrat\u00f3n\u00bb. Por lo que <em>Balaenoptera<\/em> viene a ser \u00abballena con aletas\u00bb y <em>musculus<\/em> \u00abratoncito\u00bb. Se especula que Carlos Linneo nombr\u00f3 a esta especie con fines sat\u00edricos debido a la evidente iron\u00eda en llamar \u00abratoncito\u00bb al animal m\u00e1s grande del mundo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Sinonimia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La sinonimia de&nbsp;<em>B. musculus&nbsp;<\/em>es:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Balaena musculus<\/em>  Linnaeus, 1758 (basi\u00f3nimo)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaena maximus<\/em>  Linnaeus, 1758<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaenoptera jubartes<\/em>  Lac\u00e9p\u00e8de, 1804<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaenoptera gibbar<\/em> Scoresby, 1820<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaena borealis<\/em>  Fischer, 1829<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rorqualus boops<\/em>  F. Cuvier, 1836<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rorqualus borealis<\/em>  Hamilton, 1837<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Physalus sibbaldii<\/em>  Gray, 1847<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Pterobalaena gigas<\/em>  Reinhardt, 1857<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaenoptera gigas<\/em>  Reinhardt, 1857<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaenoptera indica<\/em>  Blyth, 1859<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sibbaldius borealis<\/em>  Gray, 1864<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Physalus latirostris<\/em>  Flower, 1865<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaenoptera carolinae<\/em>  Malm, 1866<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sibbaldius antarcticus<\/em>  Burmeister, 1866<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Flowerius gigas<\/em> Lilljeborg, 1867<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sibbaldius sulfureus<\/em> Cope, 1869<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rorqualus major<\/em>  Knox, 1870<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Pterobalaena grypus<\/em>  Munter, 1877<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaenoptera sibbaldii<\/em>  Flower, 1885<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaenoptera sibbaldi<\/em>  Van Beneden, 1887<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Balaenoptera miramaris<\/em>  Lahille, 1898<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sibbaldius musculus<\/em>  Kellogg, 1929<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Subespecies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>B. musculus musculus<\/em> (Linnaeus, 1758)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>B. musculus intermedia<\/em> (Burmeister, 1871)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>B. musculus brevicauda<\/em>  Ichihara, 1966<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOTA:<\/strong><br>Cabe mencionar que hist\u00f3ricamente se propusieron dos subespecies m\u00e1s; la primera es <em>B. musculus indica<\/em> denominada por Edward Blyth en 1859  haciendo \u00e9nfasis en los ejemplares que se encuentran en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00cdndico Norte; por un tiempo se le consider\u00f3 una especie v\u00e1lida pero estudios posteriores basados en registros sovi\u00e9ticos analizando su distribuci\u00f3n geogr\u00e1fica, morfometr\u00eda corporal, ac\u00fastica y longitud total concluyeron que no distaban de los par\u00e1metros t\u00edpicos de <em>B. m. brevicauda<\/em> por lo que hoy en d\u00eda la mayor\u00eda de los autores consideran a <em>B. m. indica<\/em> como un sin\u00f3nimo taxon\u00f3mico de la subespecie anteriormente nombrada.<br>La otra propuesta es una potencial subespecie no nominada \u00fanicamente para aguas chilenas descrita por Trevor A. Branch y colegas en 2007 en donde se evidencia una diferencia latitudinal, gen\u00e9tica, ac\u00fastica y de longitud total con respecto a otras ballenas azules del hemisferio sur; si bien esta hip\u00f3tesis no ha sido rechazada a\u00fan no hay un consenso taxon\u00f3mico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Descripci\u00f3n morfol\u00f3gica<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuerpo largo y estilizado y deprimido dorsoventralmente, rostro en forma de V, tronco ancho en vista dorsal, aleta dorsal muy peque\u00f1a (menos de 33cm) triangular o en forma de garfio, amplia aleta caudal, coloraci\u00f3n azul grisaseo y un vientre amarillento debido a diatomeas epizoicas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Distribuci\u00f3n<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>y h\u00e1bitat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Distribuci\u00f3n global:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regiones de Chile que habita:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>iNaturalist<\/strong>&nbsp;(d\u00eda de mes de a\u00f1o):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cotas de altitud:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u00bf?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En desarrollo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Dieta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eufausi\u00e1ceos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Conducta<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>y reproducci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En desarrollo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Amenazas y conservaci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>IUCN:<\/strong> En Peligro (EN) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>RCE:<\/strong> En Peligro (EN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Est\u00e1 inclu\u00edda en el ap\u00e9ndice I de CITES (Convenci\u00f3n sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Origen evolutivo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En desarrollo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Referencias<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Linnaeus, C. (1758).<\/strong> <em>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae \u2026<\/em> 10\u00aa ed., p.\u202f76. Holmiae: L. Salvius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WoRMS Editorial Board. (2025). <\/strong><em>Balaenoptera musculus<\/em> (Linnaeus, 1758). World Register of Marine Species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charles Darwin Foundation. (2025).<\/strong> \u00abGalapagos Species Database,&nbsp;<em>Balaenoptera musculus<\/em>\u00ab, dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cooke, J.G.&nbsp;(2018).<\/strong> <em>Balaenoptera musculus<\/em>. <em>The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iriarte, A. (2021).<\/strong> Gu\u00eda de los Mam\u00edferos de Chile. Chile, Segunda Edici\u00f3n Actualizada, 236 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hucke-Gaete, R. (2008).<\/strong> <em>Ficha de especie clasificada: Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)<\/em>. Reglamento de Clasificaci\u00f3n de Especies Silvestres, Subsecretar\u00eda de Pesca y Acuicultura (SUBPESCA), Chile. [Manuscrito in\u00e9dito].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mittermeier, R. A., &amp; Wilson, D. E. (2014).<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus 1758<\/em>. Lynx Edicions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Branch, T. A., Stafford, K. M., Palacios, D. M., Allison, C., Bannister, J. L., Burton, C. L. K., et al. (2007).<\/strong> Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales <em>Balaenoptera musculus<\/em> in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean. <em>Mammal Review<\/em>, 37(2), 116\u2013175.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subsecretar\u00eda de Pesca y Acuicultura. (ca. 2008)<\/strong>. <em>Ballena azul: Grandes cet\u00e1ceos<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thomas A. Dem\u00e9r\u00e9, Annalisa Berta, Michael R. McGowen (2005).<\/strong> The Taxonomic and Evolutionary History of Fossil and Modern Balaenopteroid Mysticetes. <em>Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Vol. 12, Nos. 1\/2, June 2005.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phylum&nbsp;Chordata&nbsp;| Clase&nbsp;Mammalia&nbsp;| Orden&nbsp;Artiodactyla | Familia Balaenopteridae Investigador(es) a cargo:&nbsp;Ignacio Fern\u00e1ndez Mordoj Citar como:&nbsp;Fern\u00e1ndez Mordoj, I.&nbsp;Balaenoptera musculus. ChileFauna. 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