Eubalaena Gray, 1864 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864(2):201.

TYPE SPECIES: Balaena australis Desmoulins, 1822 .

SYNONYMS: Halibalaena, Hunterius .

COMMENTS: Corbet and Hill (1980) used this genus. Formerly considered to include three separate species, glacialis, australis and japonicus; see Hershkovitz (1961 b).