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Balaena mysticetus

Balaena mysticetus

Arctic right whale(+99)·Linnaeus, 1758

GBIF:299454221

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PROFILE

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(4)

East Pacific
Eastern Atlantic Ocean
Indo-West Pacific
Western Atlantic Ocean

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 38 languages.

engArctic right whaleengArfiviitkalArfivikkalArviqikuAġvikipk+95 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 38 languages.

engArctic right whale
eng
Arfiviit
kal
Arfivik
kal
Arviq
iku
Aġvik
ipk
Aġviq
ipk
glgBalea de Grenlandia
glg
porBaleia-da-groenlândia
por
catBalena de Grenlàndia
cat
sqiBalena e Groenlandës
sqi
Balum reizh Greunland
bre
deuBogenkopf
deu
engBowhead
eng
vieCá voi đầu cong
vie
engGreenland right whale
eng
engGreenland whale
eng
Grenlandijalaine kit
litGrenlandinis banginis
lit
uzbGrenlandiya kiti
uzb
slvGrenlandski kit
slv
bulGrenlаndski kit
bul
eusGroenlandiar balea
eus
nldGroenlandse walvis
nld
turGronland balinası
tur
deuGronland-Wal
deu
Gronlanda baleno
epo
islGrænland hvalur
isl
islGrænlandshvalur
isl
islGrænlandssléttbakur
isl
turGrönland balinası
tur
hunGrönlandi bálna
hun
deuGrönlandswal
deu
deuGrönlandwal
deu
estGrööni vaal
est
Grønlandsslættibøka
fao
nldIJswalvis
nld
deuNordwal
deu
islNorðhvalur
isl
indPaus kepala busur
ind
deuPolarwal
deu
azeQrenlandiya balinası
aze
engSteeple-top
eng
slkVeľryba grónska
slk
polWal grenlandzki
pol
deuWalfisch
deu
akbek
kal
arbavirsoak
kal
arbek
kal
porbaleia da Gronelândia
por
frabaleine
fra
engbaleine a tete d'arc
eng
frabaleine boréale
fra
frabaleine de grande baie
fra
frabaleine du Groenland
fra
frabaleine franche
fra
frabaleine franche boréale
fra
itabalena artica
ita
itabalena della Groenlandia
ita
spaballena boreal
spa
spaballena de Groenlandia
spa
spaballena de cabeza arqueada
spa
bartfisch
engblack right whale
eng
engbowhead whale
eng
engbunch-back whale
eng
norfinqval
nor
enggreat polar whale
eng
rusgreenlandskiy kit
rus
norgronlandshval
nor
norgronlandskhval
nor
islgröenlandshvalur
isl
grönlandshval
swegrönlandsval
swe
fingrönlanninvalas
fin
norgrønlandshval
nor
nnogrønlandskval
nno
jpnhokkyoku kujira
jpn
swehvalfisk
swe
ittiv
kakhlim
kallium
kulema
kuliamilak
islnordvalur
isl
ruspoliarskyi kit
rus
rethval
swerättval
swe
sandhval
schlichteback
jpnserbio
jpn
norsietback
nor
islsletbacur
isl
norsletbag
nor
norsletbak
nor
sokalik
kal
ugamachcach
islvatushalar
isl
cesvelryba grónská
ces
lavwalzius
lav
engwhale-fish
eng

CLASSIFICATION

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Source Information

Catalogue of Life

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The Catalogue of Life is building a comprehensive catalogue of all known species on Earth. It offers two types of releases that reflect different levels of quality. The Base Release is curated and verified by experts specifically for COL. The eXtended Release (COL XR) builds on the Base Release 2026-05-11 (COL26.5) by programmatically integrating additional data sources. It integrates information from 61504 overlapping taxonomic and nomenclatural global, regional, national and management data sources (checklists) as well as originating from digitised literature available in Catalogue of Life's infrastructure ChecklistBank. New names and other data included in the COL XR are indicated with the XR icon. This release addresses several gaps of the Base Release and also enriches the existing names with information such as authorships, references, and vernacular names. It also adds molecular data, such as barcode index numbers or operational taxonomic units, to the Catalogue of Life. Higher taxonomy is being added only in selected groups with important gaps. Meanwhile, the information from the global data sources of the Catalogue of Life Base Release remains unmodified. This enhanced process is continuously evolving and undergoing quality control checks by COL editors and its community. Due to its programmatic nature as well as the taxonomic and nomenclatural differences among the data sources used, some issues may arise. We therefore caution the user, and invite everyone to help log data issues in the [COL’s data GitHub repository](https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/data/issues/new?template=xcol-content-feedback.md). We will do our best to resolve these issues as soon as possible.

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Abreu, C., Acero P, A., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (2026-05-15 XR). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgxsq

CC BYPublished 5/15/2026View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
299454221
Dataset Key
7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2440330
Taxon ID
KF7Q
Last Crawled
6/16/2026
Last Interpreted
6/16/2026