Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) . In Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris, 2:161, pl.

TYPE LOCALITY: Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa .

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: antarctic to temperate waters; occasionally along the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered (included with E. glacialis); IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: antarctica, antipodarum, temminckii .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Cummings (1985b). Included in glacialis by some recent authors.