Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) . Gemein. Naturgesch. Thier., 2(1):21.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "de la nouvelle Angleterre " (= coast of New England) .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters.

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

SYNONYMS: braziliensis, burmeisteri, lalandii, longimana, longipinna, nodosa, versabilis .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Winn and Reichley (1985).