Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea

Mysticeti Flower, 1864

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864
Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: baardwalvissen sources: de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.

English: baleen whales

Japanese: ヒゲクジラ亜目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: bardehvaler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: bardekvalar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: bardvalar

Literature

basis of record	Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mysticeti Flower, 1864. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148724