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GENUS Balaenoptera

Author:Lacépède, 1804.
Citation:Hist. Nat. Cetacees: 114.
Type Species:Balaenoptera gibbar Lacépède, 1804 (= Balaena physalus Linnaeus, 1758).
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Synonyms:

    Catoptera Rafinesque, 1815
    Cuvierius Gray, 1866
    Physalus Gray, 1821
    Pterobalaena Eschricht, 1849
    Rorqualus Cuvier, 1836
    Sibbaldius Gray, 1864
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