Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878 . Anat. Zool. Res., p. 551.

TYPE LOCALITY: Burma, Tenasserim, between mouths of Sittang and Bilin Rivers, Thayboo Choung .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide, temperate to tropical waters.

COMMENT: Includes brydei; see Junge, 1950, Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. Leiden, 9: 1 -26.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411007001003001.