Cetacea taxon details
Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878
137089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137089)
accepted
Species
Baloenoptera brydei Cadenat, 1957 · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
Anderson, J. (1878). Anatomical and zoological research; comprising an account of zoological results of two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875. London. pp. 551-564, figs. 21-28, pl. 44. [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Martaban
type locality contained in Gulf of Martaban [details]
Distribution in all oceans
Taxonomy It is unclear whether the small form is a separate species or arose in several different places from the large offshore...
Distribution in all oceans [details]
Taxonomy It is unclear whether the small form is a separate species or arose in several different places from the large offshore...
Taxonomy It is unclear whether the small form is a separate species or arose in several different places from the large offshore form (which would be B. brydei if small form were coherent distinct species). Some workers presently recognize two species. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137089 on 2025-06-30
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Anderson, J. (1878). Anatomical and zoological research; comprising an account of zoological results of two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875. London. pp. 551-564, figs. 21-28, pl. 44. [details]
taxonomy source Committee on Taxonomy, Society for Marine Mammalogy. , available online at http://marinemammalscience.org/about-us/committees/#taxonomy [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. (2005). Monitoring of Indo-Pacific Hampback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong waters - Data Analysis. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture &Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. <em>Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones.</em> 160 pp. [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 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]
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 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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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]
taxonomy source Committee on Taxonomy, Society for Marine Mammalogy. , available online at http://marinemammalscience.org/about-us/committees/#taxonomy [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. (2005). Monitoring of Indo-Pacific Hampback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong waters - Data Analysis. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture &Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. <em>Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones.</em> 160 pp. [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 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]
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 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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution in all oceans [details]Holotype Skeleton, mounted, Indian Museum, Calcutta; collected by Major A. G. Duff, Deputy Commissioner of British Burma, and M. Duke, assistant [details]
IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Taxonomy It is unclear whether the small form is a separate species or arose in several different places from the large offshore form (which would be B. brydei if small form were coherent distinct species). Some workers presently recognize two species. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bryde-walvis | [details] |
| English | smaller Indian fin-whalesmall form Bryde's whaleSittang whalepygmy Bryde's whaleKochi whaleEden's whalecoastal form Bryde's whale | [details] |
| French | rorqual de Bryde | [details] |
| German | Edenwal | [details] |
| Hebrew | לויתן טרופי | [details] |
| Italian | balenottera di Edenbalenottera di Bryde | [details] |
| Japanese | カツオクジラogasawara-kuziranitari kujirakatsuo kuzira | [details] |
| Korean | beuraideu-gorae | [details] |
| Lithuanian | Braido nykštukinis ruožuotis | [details] |
| Malagasy | trozon'i tropikatrozon'i Bryde | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Φάλαινα του Εντεν | [details] |
| Norwegian | brydehval | [details] |
| Polish | płetwal równikowy | [details] |
| Russian | полосатик брайдаили тропический китkit brayda | [details] |
| Slovenian | Bridov kit | [details] |
| Spanish | rorcual tropicalrorcual de Brydeballena tricrestadaballena sardineraballena de Brydeballena caribenaballena arenquera | [details] |
| Thai | plawan sittang | [details] |
| Turkish | Eden balinasıBryde balinası bride balinası | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Смугастик Брайда | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balaenoptera edeni)
To GenBank (120 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 504768 Balaenoptera edeni - female - anterior view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balaenoptera edeni)
To GenBank (120 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 504768 Balaenoptera edeni - female - anterior view)
To PESI
To ITIS
