Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède 1818)

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Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède 1818)

[Balaena] japonica Lacépède 1818 , Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 4: 469.

Type Locality: Japan.

Vernacular Names: North Pacific Right Whale.

Synonyms: Eubalaena sieboldii ( Gray 1864) .

Distribution: North Pacific: temperate to to tropical waters; one stray record from Hawaii ( Scarff, 1986).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered (as included in E. glacialis ); IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Reinstated by Rosenbaum et al. (2000), Brownell et al. (2001); see Hershkovitz (1961 b).