2020年5月8日 · The Physeter, “blower”, Prister, or Whirlpool, is an enormous, monstrous whale. The name, originally associated with a spouting sea monster, has today become the scientific name of the sperm whale or cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus). Pliny states that the largest animals in the Indian Sea are the Pristis (shark) and the Balaena (whale).