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
Synonymised taxa		Balaena allamack Gray, 1846 (synonym) Balaena atlanticus Hurdis, 1897 (synonym) Balaena boops Fabricius, 1780 (synonym) Balaena gibbosa Gray, 1843 (synonym) Balaena lalandii Fischer, 1829 (synonym) Balaena longimana Rudolphi, 1832 (synonym) Balaena nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789 (synonym) Balaena novaeangliae Borowski, 1781 (basionym) Balaena sulcata antarctica Schlegel, 1841 (synonym) Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck, 1841 (synonym) Balaenoptera astrolabe Pucheran, 1843 (synonym) Balaenoptera australis Lesson, 1828 (synonym) Balaenoptera capensis A. Smith, 1834 (synonym) Balaenoptera leucopteron Lesson, 1842 (synonym) Balaenoptera syncondylus A. Mueller, 1863 (synonym) Kyphobalaena keporkak Van Beneden, 1868 (synonym) Megaptera americana Gray, 1846 (synonym) Megaptera antarctica Gray, 1846 (synonym) Megaptera australis Iredale & Troughton, 1934 (synonym) Megaptera bellicosa Cope, 1871 (synonym) Megaptera boops Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 (synonym) Megaptera brasiliensis True, 1904 (synonym) Megaptera braziliensis Cope, 1867 (synonym) Megaptera burmeisteri Burmeister, 1866 (synonym) Megaptera gigas Cope, 1865 (synonym) Megaptera indica Gervais, 1883 (synonym) Megaptera kusira Trouessart, 1904 (misspelling) Megaptera kuzira Gray, 1850 (synonym) Megaptera lalandii Gray, 1864 (synonym) Megaptera longimana Gray, 1846 (synonym) Megaptera longimana morei Gray, 1866 (synonym) Megaptera longipinna Gray, 1846 (synonym) Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789 (synonym) Megaptera nodosa Lahille, 1905 (synonym) Megaptera nodosa bellicosa Elliot, 1904 (synonym) Megaptera nodosa lalandii Tomilin, 1946 (synonym) Megaptera nodosa nodosa Tomilin, 1946 (synonym) Megaptera nodosa novaezealandiae Ivashin, 1958 (synonym) Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray, 1864 (synonym) Megaptera osphya Mead & Brownell, 2005 (misspelling) Megaptera osphyia Cope, 1865 (synonym) Megaptera poescop Gray, 1846 (synonym) Megaptera versabilis Cope, 1869 (synonym) Poescopia lalandii Gray, 1866 (synonym) Rorqualus antarcticus F. Cuvier, 1836 (synonym) Rorqualus australis Hamilton, 1837 (synonym)
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] Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] 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
Notes		Diet: herring (Clupea harengus), sand lance (Ammodytes sp.) and other small fish, invertebrates (euphausiids) [details] Dimensions: Length: male 36-57 1/2' (11-17.5 m), female 36-62 1/2' (11-19 m), at birth 15'+ (4.6 m+) [details] Distribution: in all oceans [details] Distribution: Antarctica/Southern Ocean; East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details] Habitat: Inshore on feeding and calving grounds, but high seas in transit between them. [details] Holotype: None in existence. Name based on the "baleine de la Nouvelle Angleterre" of Brisson (1756). [details] IUCN Red List Category: subpopulation Arabian Sea humpback whale : Endangered (EN) [details] IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern (LC) [details] IUCN Red List Category: subpopulation Oceania humpback whale : Endangered (EN) [details] Morphology: Distinguishing characteristics: colour in the northern hemisphere is dark with white belly and on flippers, but southern hemisphere whales have more white. Sensory knobs on head. Lifts tail when diving. Variably curved dorsal fin midback on a hump. "Knuckles" or bumps along tail stock of thin whales. Flippers may reach length of 4.5 m (15'). Individuals recognized by underside of flukes and body scars/markings.  [details] Predators: Killer whale tooth marks evident on adults; calves probably taken. [details] Reproduction: Calving: January to March in Caribbean; Weaning: one year [details] Type locality: Coast of New England, U.S.A. [details]
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: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137092 on 2013-05-22