Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Belongs to Balaenoptera according to Ichihara 1966

Sister taxa: Balaenoptera cephalus, Balaenoptera davidsonii, Balaenoptera fasciata, Balaenoptera floridana, Balaenoptera minutis, Balaenoptera physalus, Balaenoptera ryani, Balaenoptera sursiplana, Balaenoptera taiwanica

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder