Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 137091
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Conservation Status
Conservation status and major threats
Synonyms
Balaena antipodarum Tomilin, 1957
Balaena antiquorum Fischer, 1829
Balaena boops Linnaeus, 1758
Balaena maximus borealis Knox, 1838
Balaena mysticetus major Kerr, 1792
Balaena physalis Kerr, 1792
Balaena physalus Linnaeus, 1758
Balaena quoyi Fischer, 1829
Balaena rostrata australis Desmoulins, 1822
Balaena sulcata Neill, 1811
Balaenoptera antarctica Gray, 1846
Balaenoptera aragous Farines & Carcasonne, 1829
Balaenoptera australis Gray, 1846
Balaenoptera blythii Anderson, 1879
Balaenoptera brasiliensis Gray, 1846
Balaenoptera gibbar Lacépède, 1804
Balaenoptera mediterraneensis Lesson, 1828
Balaenoptera mediterranensis Cabrera, 1961
Balaenoptera musculus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880
Balaenoptera patachonica Lahille, 1905
Balaenoptera patachonicus Burmeister, 1865
Balaenoptera patagonica Dabbene, 1902
Balaenoptera quoyii Lonnberg, 1906
Balaenoptera rorqual Lacépède, 1804
Balaenoptera sulcata
Balaenoptera sulcata arctica Schlegel, 1841
Balaenoptera swinhoii Gray, 1866
Balaenoptera tenuirostris Sweeting, 1840
Balaenoptera velifera Cope, 1869
Balaenoptera velifera copei Elliot, 1901
Balaenopteris guibusdam Tomilin, 1957
Benedenia knoxii Gray, 1864
Dubertus rhodinsulensis Tomilin, 1957
Physalis vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Physalus antarcticus Gray, 1850
Physalus australis Gray, 1850
Physalus brasiliensis Gray, 1850
Physalus dugundii Heddle, 1856
Physalus fasciatus Gray, 1850
Physalus patachonicus Burmeister, 1866
Physalus verus Billberg, 1828
Pterobalaena communis Van Beneden, 1857
Pterobalaena gigantea
Pterobalaena gigantea michrochira Barkos, 1862
Rorqualus musculus F. Cuvier, 1836
Sibbaldius tectirostris Cope, 1869
Sibbaldius tuberosus Cope, 1869
Swinhoia chinensis Gray, 1868
International References
Feio R.; Dias L.; Machete M.; Gonçalves J.; Serrão Santos R. (2009) Programa de Observação para as Pescas dos Açores. DOP/IMAR, Horta.
original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 [details]
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additional source Feio, R.; Dias, L.; e Machete, M. (2005) Manual do Observador, Programa de Observação para as Pescas dos Açores Accessed July 23, 2018 at http://www.horta.uac.pt/projectos/popa/downloads/manual2005.pdf
additional source Mahalingam, P. and M. Silberstein 2010. “Balaenoptera physalus” (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed August 17, 2018 at http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Balaenoptera_physalus/
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376 [details]
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additional source Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723–743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Speciesof the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
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additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. 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]
additional source Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. [details]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 723–743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [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]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 723–743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [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]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 723–743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [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]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 64:1-306. [details]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 723–743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. [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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. (In preparation). [details]
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