Megaptera Gray, 1846 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 17:83.

TYPE SPECIES: Megaptera longipinna Gray, 1846 (= Balaena novaeangliae Borowski, 1781).

SYNONYMS: Cyphobalaena, Kyphobalaena, Perqualus, Poescopia .