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Megaptera novaeangliae

Megaptera novaeangliae

bultrug(+83)·(Borowski, 1781)

GBIF:155300548

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(30)

Madagascar
French Exclusive Economic Zone (Réunion)
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone
Madagascar
North West Atlantic
Mediterranean Sea
European Marine Waters
North West Atlantic
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (Azores)
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Maine
Antarctica
Subantarctic Waters
World Oceans
Western Indian Ocean
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone(BE)
St. Lawrence Estuary(CA)
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone(GR)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone(KE)
Lamu(KE)
Comorian Exclusive Economic Zone(KM)
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone(MU)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone(NZ)
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone(SC)
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone(SC)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone(TZ)

DATA

Occurrence Datasets

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 30 languages. 1 preferred.

nldbultrugnlddeuBuckelwaldeudeuKnurrwaldeudeuPflockfischdeuabra+79 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 30 languages. 1 name preferred.

nldbultrug
nldpreferred
deuBuckelwal
deu
deuKnurrwal
deu
deuPflockfisch
deu
abra
aghvesiiq
aliamak
alkhiamak
spaambaqui
spa
porbaleia jubarte
por
porbaleia-corcunda
por
frabaleine tampon
fra
frabaleine à bosse
fra
frabaleine à taquet
fra
catbalena geperuda
cat
itabalena gobba
ita
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
spaballena cantora
spa
spaballena de aletas grandes
spa
spaballena jorobada
spa
afrboggelwalvis
afr
danbuckelhval
dan
engbunch whale
eng
chongoe
rusdlinnorukyi polosatik
rus
poldługopłetwiec
pol
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
rusgorbach
rus
rusgorbatyi kit
rus
spaguabarte
spa
spagubarta
spa
islhnufubakur
isl
swehnunfurbakur
swe
korhog-deung-gorae
kor
enghump
eng
enghumpback whale
eng
Source: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
enghunch
eng
enghunchback whale
eng
spajibarte
spa
spajorobada
spa
porjubarte
por
frajubarte
fra
kaipokak
kaipokak uiiut
turkambur balina
tur
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
keporkak
kal
ceskeporkak
ces
ceskeporkak dlouhoplautvý
ces
khi-tkhukkh
slvkit grbavec
slv
Source: Davorin Tome
norknölhval
nor
sweknölval
swe
norknølhval
nor
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
nobknølhval
nob
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
nnoknølkval
nno
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
litkuprotasis banginis
lit
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
nldlangarmvinvisch
nld
deulanghaendige Wal
deu
catlubarta
cat
itamegattera
ita
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
cymmorfil cefngrwm
cym
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
framégaptere
fra
indpaus bongkok
ind
polpletwal
pol
swepuckelval
swe
danpukkelhval
dan
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
frarorqual du Cap
fra
sparorqual jorobado
spa
frarorqual keporkak
fra
frarorqual noueux
fra
islskeljungur
isl
norstor rorhval
nor
danstubhval
dan
mlgtrozona be trafo
mlg
lavvalzius
lav
rusveselyi kit
rus
spayubarta
spa
jpnzato kujira
jpn
ellΜεγάπτερη
ell
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ellΜεγάπτερη φάλαινα
ell
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrГорбань
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrГорбатий кит
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrГорбач
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrКит горбатий
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
rusгорбатый кит
rus
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
jpnザトウクジラ
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (5397 nucleotides; 1112 proteins)

NCBI:txid9773

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(15)

  • 1

    Clapham, P. J. and J. G. Mead. (1999). Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1--9.

    additional source
  • 2

    Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259.

  • 3

    IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

    additional source
  • 4

    Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

    additional source
  • 5

    Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155300548
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5220086
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137092
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026