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Species Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828

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Species Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828

Sei Whale

  • Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, R.P. 1828. Cétacés. Complément des Oeuvres de Buffon ou histoire naturelle des animaux rares découverts par les naturalists et les voyageurs depuis la mort de Buffon. Paris : Publisher unknown 442 pp. [342].
    Type data:
     Holotype TAIC skeleton, coast near Gromitz, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.
  • Balaena rostrata Rudolphi, C.A. 1822. Anatomische Bemerkungen über Balaena rostrata. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1820–21: 27-40 [27] [junior homonym of Balaena rostrata Müller, 1776].
    Type data:
     Holotype ZMB skeleton, coast near Gromitz, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259 [160] (see also for synonyms based on non-Australian material)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal but probably not into coldest waters.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, migratory, oceanic, pelagic, predator.

 

General References

Anon. 1977. Report of the Special Meeting of the Scientific Committee on Sei and Bryde's Whales. Rep. Int. Whal. Comm. (Special Issue 1). 150 pp.

Bannister, J.L., Kemper, C.M. & Warneke, R.M. 1996. The Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 242 pp.

Bryden, M.M. 1978. Whales and whaling in Queensland waters. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 89: v-xviii

Gaskin, D.E. 1972. Whales, Dolphins and Seals, with Special Reference to the New Zealand Region. London : Heinemann 200 pp.

Horwood, J. 1987. The Sei Whale: Population Biology, Ecology and Management. London : Croon Helm

Horwood, J. 2002. Sei whale. pp. 1069-1071 in Perrin, W.F., Wursig, B. & Thewissen, J.G.M. (eds). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. San Diego : Academic Press

Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R.R. 1983. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books xviii 302 pp.

Warneke, R.M. 1983. Whale stranding — accident or design. Australian Natural History 21: 43-47

Watson, L. 1981. Sea Guide to Whales of the World. London : Hutchinson 302 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Sei Whale)