Balaenoptera Lacépède 1804

Balaenoptera Lacépède 1804, Hist. Nat. Cetacees: 114.

Type Species: Balaenoptera gibbar Lacépède 1804

Synonyms: Catoptera Rafinesque 1815; Cuvierius Gray 1866; Physalus Gray 1821; Pterobalaena Eschricht 1849; Rorqualus Cuvier 1836; Sibbaldius Gray 1864 .

Species and subspecies: 6 species with 8 subspecies:

Species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804

Species Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister 1867

Species Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828

Subspecies Balaenoptera borealis subsp. borealis Lesson 1828

Subspecies Balaenoptera borealis subsp. schlegelii Flower 1865

Species Balaenoptera edeni Anderson 1879

Species Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Balaenoptera musculus subsp. musculus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Balaenoptera musculus subsp. brevicauda Ichihara 1966

Subspecies Balaenoptera musculus subsp. indica Blyth 1859

Subspecies Balaenoptera musculus subsp. intermedia Burmeister 1871

Species Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Balaenoptera physalus subsp. physalus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Balaenoptera physalus subsp. quoyi Fischer 1829