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Balaenoptera brydei Olsen, 1913 
AphiaID: 242603

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily) > Balaenopteridae (Family) > Balaenoptera (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Nomen inquirendum)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878
Rank Species
Parent Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804
Source  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Bryde's whale  [details]
English large form Bryde's whale  [details]
English offshore Bryde's whale  [details]
English ordinary Bryde's whale  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links To GenBank
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
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Notes  Distribution: in all oceans [details]

General: It is not clear whether the small-form Bryde's whale arose once or more than once around the globe. [details]

Habitat: mostly in tropical and subtropical zones, offshore as well as near the coast [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Edit
history
 
Date   action   by
2007-07-16 21:05:52Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
2009-03-11 12:36:54Z  changed  Perrin, William
2009-03-19 19:56:16Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Balaenoptera brydei Olsen, 1913. In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242603 on 2010-09-02
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