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Kingdom :  ANIMALIA
Phylum :  CHORDATA
Class :  MAMMALIA
Order :  CETACEA
Family :  BALAENOPTERIDAE
Genus :  Balaenoptera
Taxon : Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 Comment on this entry
Distribution : Angola , Argentina , Australia , Brazil , Brunei Darussalam , Cape Verde , Chile , China , Colombia , Costa Rica , Djibouti Robineau (1975) , Ecuador , Egypt , El Salvador , Fiji , French Polynesia , Grenada , India , Indonesia , Iraq , Japan , Kenya , Madagascar , Malaysia , Maldives , Mauritania , Mexico , Mozambique Circum-equatorial in warm waters, mainly coastal: Pacific - Chile to California, Hawaii to Japan; Atlantic - Brazil to Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, South to West Africa; Indian - South Africa to West Australia, Seychelles, Bay of Bengal, Sumatra , Myanmar , Namibia , Netherlands Antilles , New Zealand , Oman , Pakistan , Peru , Philippines , Saudi Arabia , Senegal , Seychelles , Solomon Islands , Somalia , South Africa , Sri Lanka , Taiwan, Province of China , Thailand , United Republic of Tanzania , United States of America , Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) , Yemen
 
Distribution is recorded to the level of country or, in some instances, to a sub-country level of Biological Recording Unit (BRU). This recognises areas to the regional/state level of larger countries, as well as larger islands of particular biological importance. If distribution data are not complete, or not known to be complete, this is indicated. Global distribution maps are available for each taxon.

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Aquatic Distribution Atlantic - eastern central, northwest, southeast, southwest, western central,
Indian Ocean - eastern, western,
Pacific - eastern central, northeast, southeast, southwest, western central
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