Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Oceano Europeao", restricted to Norway, near Svalbard, Spitsbergen Sea by Thomas (1911a) .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: arctic to tropical waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: antiquorum, boops, gibbar, patachonica, velifera .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Gambell (1985b).