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Family BALAENIDAE 

 Balaena sieboldi Gray- 

 Pacific Right Whale 



Original description — Balaena sieboldii Gray, Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., 3rd sen, 14, 1864, p. 349. 



Type locality — Coast of Japan. 



Synonym — Siebold Baleen Whale; Balaena japonica; 

 Balaena cullaniach. 



Range — Few along coast of California (Scammon, Marine 

 Mammals, 1874, p. 66). 



Rhachianectes glaucus (Cope) 

 California Gray Whale 



Original description — Agapliehis glaucus Cope, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., June, 1868, pp. 159, 160. 



Type locality — Coast of California: Monterey (see Dall, in 

 Scammon, Marine Mammals, 1874, p. 301). 



Synonym — Gray Baleen Whale. 



Range — Frequent in the ocean and bays coastwise from 

 November to May (Scammon, Marine Mammals, 1874, pp. 

 22, 23). 



Megaptera versabilis Cope 

 Pacific Humpback Whale 



Original description — Megaptera versabilis Cope, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, pp. 15, 16. 



Type locality — North Pacific. 



Synonym — Megaptera nodosa versabilis. 



Range— In the ocean and bays coastwise; Monterey Bay, 

 April to December (Scammon, Marine Mammals, 1874, p. 

 44). 



Balaenoptera velifera Cope 



Pacific Finback Whale 



Original description — Balaenoptera velifera Cope, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, p. 16. 



Type locality — Coast of Oregon. 



Synonyms — Balaenoptera physalis velifera; Oregon Finback 

 Whale. 



