CATALOG OF LIVING WHALES 151 



Family BALAENOPTERIDAE 



Genus BALAENOPTERA Lacepede 



Balcenoptera Lacepede, 1804, Nat. Hist. Cetacees, pp. xxxvi, 114 [included 

 species: "premier sous-genre," B. gibbar Lacepede (=5. physalus 

 Linnaeus), "second sous-genre," B. jubartes Lacepede (=B. musculus 

 Linnaeus), B. rorqual Lacepede (=#. physalus Linnaeus), B. acutoro- 

 strata Lacepede]. — Gray, 1846, Zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. 

 Erebus and Terror, 1 (Mammalia) : 50 [included species: B. rostrata 

 Gray (=5. acutorostrata Lacepede), B. antiquorum Fischer (=B. physalus 

 Linnaeus), B. boops Linnaeus (=B. physalus Linnaeus), B. australis 

 Lesson (=B. physalus Linnaeus)]; 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847: 

 88-90 [" Balaenoptera rostrata . . . considered as the type of Balaenoptera"]. 



Balaenoptera, Kellogg, 1928, Quart. Rev. Biol., 3: 33 et seq., 190 [history; 

 relationship]. — Winge, 1942, Interrelat. Mamm. Gen., 3: 240, 268, 

 278, 285 [characters; relationship]. 



Balenoptera Dumeril, 1806, Zool. analytique, p. 28 [emendation of 

 Balaenoptera Lacepede]. 



Phylasus Dumeril, 1806, Zool. Analytique, p. 28 [type species: "les 

 physales" (== Balaena physalus Linnaeus)]. 



Catoptera Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse de la nature, p. 61 [new name for 

 Balaenoptera Lacepede]. 



Cetoptera Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse de la nature, p. 219 [emendation of 

 Catoptera Rafinesque]. 



Physalus Gray, 1821, London Medical Repository, 15: 310 [type species: 

 Balaena physalus Linnaeus, by monotypy; name preoccupied by 

 Physalus Lacepede, 1804, for the sperm whale (=Physeter 

 Linnaeus)]; 1846, Zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and 

 Terror, 1 (Mammalia): 50 [subgenus of Balaenoptera Lacepede; in- 

 cluded species: B. antiquorum Fischer (="B. physalus Linn. B. Gibbar 

 Lacep.")].— Flower, 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864: 392 [type 

 species: P. antiquorum Gray (= Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus; type 

 designation obviously based on Physalus Gray 1846, not 1821)]. — Gray, 

 1866, Cat. seals and whales Brit. Mus., p. 114, 139 [characters]. 



Boops Gray, 1821, London medical repository, 15: 310 [type species: 

 Balaena boops Linnaeus (=B. physalus Linnaeus), by monotypy; generic 

 name preoccupied by Boops Cuvier, 1817, a genus offish]. 



Physalis Fleming, 1822, Philosophy of zoology, 2: 206 [type species: 

 the "Finner" (= Balaena physalus Linnaeus), by monotypy; name 

 preoccupied by Physalis Lamarck, a genus of coelenterate]. 



Balenopterus Cuvier, 1829, Diet. Sci. Nat., Paris, 59: 518 [emendation of 

 Balaenoptera Lacepede]. 



Mysticetus Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amphibien, p. 33 [included species: 

 Balaena boops Linnaeus (type, by subsequent designation (cf. Palmer, 



