Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878 
AphiaID: 137089

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804
Synonymised taxa		Balaenoptera brydei Olsen, 1913 (Nomen inquirendum) Baloenoptera brydei Cadenat, 1957
Sources		original description: Anderson, J. (1878). Anatomical and zoological research; comprising an account of zoological results of two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875. London. pp. 551-564, figs. 21-28, pl. 44. [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: 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] from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Afrikaans Bryde-walvis  [details] Danish Brydeshval (from synonym)  [details] English Bryde's whale (from synonym)  [details] English coastal form Bryde's whale  [details] English Eden's whale  [details] English Kochi whale  [details] English large form Bryde's whale (from synonym)  [details] English offshore Bryde's whale (from synonym)  [details] English ordinary Bryde's whale (from synonym)  [details] English pygmy Bryde's whale  [details] English Sittang whale  [details] English small form Bryde's whale  [details] English smaller Indian fin-whale  [details] French rorqual de Bryde  [details] German Edenwal  [details] Hebrew לויתן טרופי  [details] Italian balenottera di Bryde  [details] Italian balenottera di Eden  [details] Japanese katsuo kuzira  [details] Japanese nitari kujira  [details] Japanese ogasawara-kuzira  [details] Korean beuraideu-gorae  [details] Lithuanian Braido nykštukinis ruožuotis  [details] Malagasy trozon'i Bryde  [details] Malagasy trozon'i tropika  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Φάλαινα του Εντεν  [details] Norwegian brydehval  [details] Polish płetwal równikowy  [details] Russian kit brayda  [details] Russian или тропический кит  [details] Russian полосатик брайда  [details] Slovenian Bridov kit  [details] Spanish ballena arenquera  [details] Spanish ballena caribena  [details] Spanish ballena de Bryde  [details] Spanish ballena sardinera  [details] Spanish ballena tricrestada  [details] Spanish rorcual de Bryde  [details] Spanish rorcual tropical  [details] Thai plawan sittang  [details] Turkish bride balinası  [details] Turkish Bryde balinası  [details] Turkish Eden balinası  [details] Ukrainian Смугастик Брайда  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Comores [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details]
Feedingtype		carnivore [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (72 nucleotides; 62 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: in all oceans [details] Habitat: mostly in tropical and subtropical zones, offshore as well as near the coast [details] Holotype: Skeleton, mounted, Indian Museum, Calcutta; collected by Major A. G. Duff, Deputy Commissioner of British Burma, and M. Duke, assistant [details] IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details] Taxonomic Remark: It is unclear whether the small form is a separate species or arose in several different places from the large offshore form (which would be B. brydei if small form were coherent distinct species). Some workers presently recognize two species. [details] Type locality: Thaybyoo Choung, Gulf of Martaban, between Sittang and Beeling Rivers, Burma [details]
Images		Balaenoptera edeni added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-13 18:39:05 Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) - Note 3 ridges on head. added on 2009-04-23 - author: Robert Pitman, NOAA Fisheries () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-23 00:52:11 Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) added on 2009-04-23 - author: Robert Pitman, NOAA Fisheries () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-23 00:54:03 Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) added on 2009-05-02 - author: NOAA NMFS SWFSC PRD qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-05-02 00:06:53
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137089
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 2009-03-19 19:56:16Z   changed   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137089 on 2013-05-23