Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 . Hist. Nat. Gen. Part. Mamm. Oiseaux, 1:342.

TYPE LOCALITY: Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck Bay, near Gromitz (see Rudolphi, 1822) .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters. Distributional records sometimes confused with B. edeni .

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

SYNONYMS: rostrata, schlegellii.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Gambell (1985a).