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

Abstract

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.