Whale
Cetacea
Not Kosher
No fins or scales
Fins
No
Scales
No
Description
Whales are marine mammals found in every ocean, from polar seas to the tropics. Different species range from coastal waters to the deep open ocean.
Whale in foreign languages
| Scientific | Cetacea |
| Hebrew | לווייתנאים |
| Yiddish | וואלפיש |
| Arabic | حيتانيات |
| Spanish | Cetáceos |
| Portuguese | Cetáceo |
| French | Cétacé |
| Italian | Cetacei |
| German | Wale |
| Greek | Κητώδη |
| Russian | Китообразные |
| Turkish | Balinalar |
| Chinese | 鯨豚類 |
| Japanese | クジラ目 |
| Korean | 고래 |
| Hindi | तिमिगण |
| Bengali | সিটাসিয়া |
| Vietnamese | Phân thứ bộ Cá voi |
| Thai | อันดับวาฬและโลมา |
| Indonesian | Cetacean |
Warnings & Kosher Issues
- A whale is a mammal, not a fish. It has no fins-and-scales anatomy, so it is not kosher.
- Whales are protected in the United States under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which bans hunting, harassing, or capturing them.
- Most whale species are also protected internationally, and commercial whaling is banned in most of the world.