Title: Stranding of Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (Mammalia Cetacea) on the coast of Fregene (Rome, Latium, Italy)
Abstract: The stranding of a juvenile of Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804) on the coast of Fregene, near Rome (Latium, Central Italy) is here reported.Historical and recent data suggest the possibility that the Mediterranean Sea could be a potential birth or nursery area for this species.