Balaenoptera brydei Olsen 1913 (Bryde's whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Alternative combination: Balaenoptera edeni brydei

Belongs to Balaenoptera according to C.-H. Tsai et al. 2014

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Hassanin et al. 2012, Junge 1950 and Mead and Brownell 2005

Sister taxa: Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Balaenoptera andrejewi, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, Balaenoptera borealis, Balaenoptera cephalus, Balaenoptera davidsonii, Balaenoptera edeni, Balaenoptera fasciata, Balaenoptera grimmi, Balaenoptera musculus, Balaenoptera omurai, Balaenoptera physalus, Balaenoptera ricei, Balaenoptera ryani, Balaenoptera siberi, Balaenoptera sursiplana

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Balaenoptera brydei in the database

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