Common nase Common nase The common nase ("Chondrostoma nasus") is a European potamodromous cyprinid fish. It is often simply called the nase, but that can refer to any species of its genus "Chondrostoma". Another name is sneep. The nase is found naturally in drainages of the Black Sea (Danube, Dniestr, Southern Bug, Dniepr), the southern Baltic Sea (Nieman, Odra, Vistula) and the southern North Sea (to Meuse in the west). Moreover, it has been introduced to the Rhône, Loire, Hérault, and Soca (Italy, Slovenia) drainages. It is a migratory fish. The nase has a spindle shaped physique, with a blue-grey metallic-coloured scales
Bowhead whale Bowhead whale The bowhead whale ("Balaena mysticetus") is a species of the family Balaenidae, in parvorder Mysticeti, and genus "Balaena", which once included the right whale. A stocky dark-coloured whale without a dorsal fin, it can grow in length. This thick-bodied species can weigh from . They live entirely in fertile Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, unlike other whales that migrate to low latitude waters to feed or reproduce. The bowhead was also known as the Greenland right whale or Arctic whale. American whalemen called them the steeple-top, polar whale, or Russia or Russian whale. The bowhead has the largest mouth