Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) 
AphiaID: 137092

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Mysticeti > Balaenopteridae > Megaptera

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Megaptera Gray, 1846
Sources		original description: Borowski, G. H. (1781). Gemeinnüzzige[sic] Naturschichte des Tierreichs,.. G. L. Lange, Berlin and Stralsund. page(s): 2(1):21 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] additional source: Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. [details] additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [details] additional source: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] additional source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details] additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] additional source: Clapham, P. J. and J. G. Mead. (1999). Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1--9. [details] additional source: Stacey, P. J. and P. W. Arnold. (1999). Orcaella brevirostris. Mammalian Species 616:1--8. [details] additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Afrikaans boggelwalvis  [details] Aleut aliamak  [details] Aleut alkhiamak  [details] Aleut khi-tkhukkh  [details] Catalan balena geperuda  [details] Catalan lubarta  [details] Chukot kaipokak uiiut  [details] Czech keporkak  [details] Czech keporkak dlouhoplautvý  [details] Danish buckelhval  [details] Danish pukkelhval  [details] Danish stubhval  [details] Dutch bultrug  [details] Dutch langarmvinvisch  [details] English bunch whale  [details] English hump  [details] English humpback whale  [details] English hunch  [details] English hunchback whale  [details] French baleine à bosse  [details] French baleine à taquet  [details] French baleine tampon  [details] French jubarte  [details] French mégaptere  [details] French rorqual du Cap  [details] French rorqual keporkak  [details] French rorqual noueux  [details] German Buckelwal  [details] German Knurrwal  [details] German langhaendige Wal  [details] German Pflockfisch  [details] Icelandic hnufubakur  [details] Icelandic skeljungur  [details] Indonesian paus bongkok  [details] Italian balena gobba  [details] Italian megattera  [details] Japanese zato kujira  [details] Kalaallisut keporkak  [details] Korean hog-deung-gorae  [details] Latvian valzius  [details] Lithuanian kuprotasis banginis  [details] Malagasy trozona be trafo  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Μεγάπτερη  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Μεγάπτερη φάλαινα  [details] Norwegian knölhval  [details] Norwegian knølhval  [details] Norwegian stor rorhval  [details] Norwegian Bokmål knølhval  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk knølkval  [details] Polish długopłetwiec  [details] Polish pletwal  [details] Portuguese baleia jubarte  [details] Portuguese baleia-corcunda  [details] Portuguese jubarte  [details] Russian dlinnorukyi polosatik  [details] Russian gorbach  [details] Russian gorbatyi kit  [details] Russian veselyi kit  [details] Russian горбатый кит  [details] Slovenian kit grbavec  [details] Southern Balochi abra  [details] Spanish ambaqui  [details] Spanish ballena cantora  [details] Spanish ballena de aletas grandes  [details] Spanish ballena jorobada  [details] Spanish guabarte  [details] Spanish gubarta  [details] Spanish jibarte  [details] Spanish jorobada  [details] Spanish rorqual jorobado  [details] Spanish yubarta  [details] Swedish hnunfurbakur  [details] Swedish knölval  [details] Swedish puckelval  [details] Turkish kambur balina  [details] Ukrainian Горбань  [details] Ukrainian Горбатий кит  [details] Ukrainian Горбач  [details] Ukrainian Кит горбатий  [details] Welsh morfil cefngrwm  [details] Yupik languages aghvesiiq  [details] Yupik languages kaipokak  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Antarctica [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Comores [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Kenya [details] Lamu [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Pacific Ocean [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Subantarctic Waters [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] World Oceans [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2321 nucleotides; 964 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Images		Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2006-04-12 - author: Armin Rose qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:01:47 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2006-04-12 - author: Armin Rose qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:40:20 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2006-04-12 - author: Armin Rose qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:02:00 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2006-04-12 - author: Armin Rose qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:02:08 Megaptera novaeangliae - humpback whale added on 2006-06-26 - author: Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:02:17 Humpback whale added on 2006-07-24 - author: Armin Rose qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:02:26 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 09) added on 2008-06-02 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:21:53 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 10 & 11) added on 2008-06-02 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:02:46 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 20:59:26 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 20:59:41 Megaptera novaeangliae & Eubalaena australis added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 20:59:55 Feeding humpback whales added on 2009-03-11 - author: Michael Heithaus () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-03-11 17:06:48 Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) added on 2009-05-02 - author: NOAA NMFS SWFSC PRD qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-05-02 00:22:24 Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) added on 2009-05-02 - author: NOAA NMFS SWFSC PRD qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-05-02 00:37:10 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:00:15 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:00:30 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:00:43 Humpback whale surfacing added on 2011-02-10 - author: Hilary Moors () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:01:08 Humpback whale spyhopping added on 2011-02-10 - author: Hilary Moors () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:01:31 Humpback whale fluke added on 2011-02-10 - author: Hilary Moors () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:01:49 Humpback whale - dorsal fin added on 2011-09-04 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:03:43 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:05:03 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:05:15 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:05:36 Megaptera novaeangliae added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-27 21:05:50
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137092
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781). In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137092 on 2013-05-22
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