Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137092 on 2025-12-17
accepted
Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
Species
Gemeinnüzzige Naturschichte des Tierreichs
Borowski, G. H. (1781). Gemeinnüzzige Naturschichte des Tierreichs. G. L. Lange, Berlin and Stralsund. 2: 1-196.
Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley. 742 pp (Nemertini part).
Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información
Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones. 160 pp.
van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. 723--743.
Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution
Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication. 4.
Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (246): 1-259.
Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition.
Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
Clapham, P. J. and J. G. Mead. (1999). Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1--9.
Stacey, P. J. and P. W. Arnold. (1999). Orcaella brevirostris. Mammalian Species 616:1--8.
Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico
Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
[Checklist of marine biota of China seas]
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
First record of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Cetacea Balaenopteridae)
Maio, N.; Maione, V.; Sgammato, R. (2016). First record of a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Cetacea Balaenopteridae). Biodiversity Journal. 7(1): 33-38.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).
Humpback whale, photographed during ANDEEPIII
Humpback whale in the Southern Ocean. Taken on ANT XXII/3 of RV Polarstern (Jan-Mar 2005)
Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 10 & 11)
Megaptera novaeangliae & Eubalaena australis
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Humpback whale surfacing, taken at the Stone Fence in the Laurentian Channel.
Humpback whale spyhopping, taken off Digby Neck, Nova Scotia
Humpback whale diving, taken off Digby Neck, Nova Scotia
Profile of hump and fin, seen off of Belle Isle.
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Mediterranean Sea
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Madagascar
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Somali Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789 - Danish Exclusive Economic Zone (Greenland)
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Subantarctic Waters
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - World Oceans
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Antarctica
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Western Indian Ocean
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - St. Lawrence Estuary
Distribution for Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Lamu