Cetacea name details
Pterobalaena Eschricht, 1849
383412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383412)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
- Species Pterobalaena alba Giglioli, 1874 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
- Species Pterobalaena communis Van Beneden, 1857 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Pterobalaena gigas Reinhardt, 1857 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Pterobalaena grypus Munter, 1877 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Pterobalaena minor Eschricht, 1849 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
- Species Pterobalaena nana Barkow, 1862 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
- Species Pterobalaena pentadactyla Flower, 1865 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
- Species Pterobalaena schlegeli Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
- Species Pterobalaena gigantea represented as Pterobalaena gigantea michrochira Barkos, 1862 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Pterobalaena Eschricht, 1849. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383412 on 2025-05-11
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