Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben 1777)

[Phoca] barbata Erxleben 1777, Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 590.

Type Locality: "ad Scotiam atque Groelandiam australiorem, vulgaris circa Islandiam" [North Atlantic, S Greenland].

Vernacular Names: Bearded Seal.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Erignathus barbatus subsp. barbatus Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Erignathus barbatus subsp. nautica Pallas 1811

Distribution: Circumpolar Arctic seas and coastal regions of Canada, China (Zhejiang-vagrant), France (vagrant), Great Britian (vagrant), Greenland, Iceland, Japan (south to Hokkaido), Norway, Portugal (vagrant), Russia, Spain (vagrant), USA (Alaska, Massachusetts -vagrant).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Hall (1981).