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APPENDIX 



COMMON NAMES OF WHALEBONE WHALES 



The following list may be convenient for reference. Most of the common synonyms 

 appear in a list of definitions in the International Whaling Agreement of 1937 for which 

 they were supplied by Dr F. C. Fraser. 



BALAENIDAE (Right whales) 



Balaena mysticetus. Greenland Right whale. Also known as Arctic whale, Bowhead and 

 Great Polar whale. Distribution: Arctic regions only. 



Balaena glacialis. North Atlantic Right whale. Also known as Biscayan Right whale, 

 Nordcaper, North Cape whale, Black whale and Scrag whale. Distribution: 

 Northern hemisphere. 



Balaena australis. Southern Right whale. Distribution : Southern hemisphere. 



Neobalaena marginata. Pigmy Right whale. Distribution : Known only in the southern 

 hemisphere. 



BALAENOPTERIDAE (Rorquals) 



Balaenoptera musculus. Blue whale. Also known as Sibbald's Rorqual, Sulphurbottom 

 and Great Northern Rorqual. Distribution: World wide. 



Balaenoptera physalus. Fin whale. Also known as Finback, Finner, Common Rorqual, 

 Herring whale and Razorback. Distribution : World wide. 



Balaenoptera borealis. Sei whale. Also known as Rudolphi's Rorqual, Pollack whale and 

 Coal-Fish whale. Distribution: World wide. 



Balaenoptera brydei. Bryde's whale. Distribution: Recorded only in catches at South 

 African whaling stations, and once from the West Indies. 



Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Minke whale. Also known as Little Piked whale, Pike- 

 Headed whale and Lesser Rorqual. Distribution: Northern and southern hemi- 

 spheres. 



Megaptera nodosa. Humpback whale. Also known as Humpbacked whale, Hunch- 

 backed whale, Hump whale and Bunch. Distribution : World wide. 



RACHIANECTIDAE 



Rachianectes glauais. Grey whale. Also known as Californian Grey whale, Pacific 

 Grey whale, Devil Fish, Hard Head, Mussel Digger, Grey Back and Rip Sack. 

 Distribution : North Pacific Ocean. 



