Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804. Hist. Nat. Cetacees, p. 37, 134.

TYPE LOCALITY: France, Cherbourg, Mancha.

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide, subtropical to arctic waters.

COMMENT: Includes bonaerensis; see Omura, 1975, Sei. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 27:1 -36. MN considered bonaerensis a distinct species.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411007001001001.