Bryde's Whale
Balaenoptera edeni
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Balaenopteridae
- Genus
- Balaenoptera
Where to Find
Found in 12 diving areas across 9 countries and 7 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 1 records
- Victoria, Australia - 5 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 3 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 128 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 44 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 7 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 2 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 3 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records