minke whale

:  a small gray to black baleen whale (genus Balaenoptera) with a whitish underside and a relatively narrow, pointed snout:a :  one (B. acutorostrata) chiefly of the northern hemisphere —called also common minke whale, northern minke whaleb :  one (B. bonaerensis) of the southern hemisphere that was formerly classified in the same species as the northern form —called also Antarctic minke, southern minke whale — see rorqual