WoRMS taxon details
Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846)
231424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231424)
accepted
Species
Balaena antipodarum Gray, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena marginata Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caperea antipodarum Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neobalaena marginata Gray, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Balaena marginata Gray, 1846) Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416 [details]
Note Western Australia
From editor or global species database
Type locality Western Australia [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231424 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Balaena marginata Gray, 1846) Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416 [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Three baleen plates, British Museum (Natural History), nos. 339a, b and c; presented by Mr. J. Warwick. [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality Western Australia [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat coastal and oceanic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | dwergnoordkapper | [details] |
| Dutch | dwergwalvis | [details] |
| English | pygmy whalepygmy right whale | [details] |
| French | baleine pygméebaleine franche pigmeebaleine franche naine | [details] |
| German | Zwergglattwal | [details] |
| Japanese | kosemi kujira | [details] |
| Norwegian | dvergretthval | [details] |
| Portuguese | baleia verdadeira ana | [details] |
| Russian | gladkyi kit | [details] |
| Spanish | ballena franca pygmea | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Caperea antipodarum Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Balaena marginata Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Neobalaena marginata Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Balaena antipodarum Gray, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caperea marginata)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 98 proteins) (from synonym Balaena marginata Gray, 1846)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 98 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 550146 Caperea marginata Jawbone A)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Caperea antipodarum Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Balaena marginata Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Neobalaena marginata Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Balaena antipodarum Gray, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caperea marginata)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 98 proteins) (from synonym Balaena marginata Gray, 1846)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 98 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 550146 Caperea marginata Jawbone A)
To ITIS
