WoRMS name details
Balaenoptera musculus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880
380449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380449)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Balaena maximus borealis Knox, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2026). World Cetacea Database. Balaenoptera musculus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380449 on 2026-05-05
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Nomenclature
basis of record
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]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Син китsin kit | [details] |
| Danish | blåhval | [details] |
| Dutch | blauwe vinvis | [details] |
| English | blue whale | [details] |
| French | baleine bleue | [details] |
| German | SchanelwalRiesenwalBlauwal | [details] |
| Hebrew | לויתן ענק | [details] |
| Italian | balenottera azzurra | [details] |
| Lithuanian | mėlynasis banginis | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Γαλάζια φάλαινα | [details] |
| Norwegian | blåhval | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | blåhval | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | blåkval | [details] |
| Polish | płetwal błękitny | [details] |
| Russian | кит синий | [details] |
| Slovenian | sinji kit | [details] |
| Spanish | rorcual azul | [details] |
| Swedish | blåval | [details] |
| Turkish | gök balinasıgök balina | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Смугастик БрайдаСиній китКит синій | [details] |
| Welsh | morfil asgellog glas | [details] |
