Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 6:75.
TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, Commander Isis, "found stranded in Stare Gavan, on the eastern shore of Bering Island".
DISTRIBUTION: North Pacific: temperate waters.
STATUS: CITES - Appendix I.
SYNONYMS: vegae.
COMMENTS: Reviewed by Balcomb (1989); possibly a subspecies of arnuxii, see Davies (1963) and McLachlan et al. (1966).