RAS taxon details
Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804
Physalus Gray, 1821 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rorqualus F. Cuvier, 1836 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Sibbaldius Flower, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
- Species Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867
- Species Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
- Species Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878
- Species Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Balaenoptera acuturostrata Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (lapsus calami)
- Species Balaenoptera alba Giglioli, 1870 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera antarctica Gray, 1846 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera arctica Temminck, 1841 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera australis Gray, 1846 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera australis Lesson, 1828 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera carolinae Malm, 1866 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera davidsoni Scammon, 1872 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
- Species Balaenoptera laticeps Gray, 1846 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera musculus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera patachonicus Burmeister, 1865 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera rorqual Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Balaenoptera rostrata Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7339#/summary
page(s): 120 [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137013 on 2025-09-12
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137013 on 2025-09-12
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de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7339#/summary
page(s): 120 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
page(s): 120 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balaenoptera)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 7772 Balaenoptera musculus mounted skeleton in St. Petersburg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 7772 Balaenoptera musculus mounted skeleton in St. Petersburg)
To Wikipedia
To ITIS
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 7772 Balaenoptera musculus mounted skeleton in St. Petersburg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 7772 Balaenoptera musculus mounted skeleton in St. Petersburg)
To Wikipedia
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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