minke 的词源

小须鲸的一种（Balaenoptera acutorostrata），1939年首次记录，可能源自挪威姓氏Meincke。

The name minke is said to have derived from one of Svend Foyn's crew by the name of Meincke, who mistook a school of these whales for blue whales. Whalers all over the world considered this incident so amusing that they used his name as a household word to describe this species. [J.N. Tønnessen & A.O. Johnsen, "The History of Modern Whaling" (transl. R.I. Christophersen), 1982]

据说，minke这个名字来源于斯文·福因（Svend Foyn）的一名船员，名叫Meincke，他曾把一群小须鲸误认为蓝鲸。世界各地的捕鲸者都觉得这个事件非常有趣，因此用他的名字作为这个物种的通用名称。[J.N. Tønnessen & A.O. Johnsen, "The History of Modern Whaling" (transl. R.I. Christophersen), 1982]

在英语中也被称为lesser rorqual（小须鲸）和little piked whale（小尖头鲸）。