(from the article `beaked whale`) ...dorsal fin located toward the rear of the body. Ranging in length from 3.7 metres (12.1 feet) for the dwarf, or pygmy, beaked whale (Mesoplodon ... Arnoux`s beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii) and Baird`s beaked whale (B. bairdii) are commonly called giant bottlenose whales. These are the largest of ......