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A new species of baleen whale (Balaenoptera) from the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of its geographic distribution
Patricia E. Rosel,
Lynsey A. Wilcox,
Tadasu K. Yamada,
Keith D. Mullin,
Corresponding Author
Patricia E. Rosel
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Lafayette, Louisiana
Correspondence
Patricia Rosel, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 646 Cajundome Boulevard, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorLynsey A. Wilcox
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Lafayette, Louisiana
Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorTadasu K. Yamada
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
Contribution: Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorKeith D. Mullin
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing
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Patricia E. Rosel,
Lynsey A. Wilcox,
Tadasu K. Yamada,
Keith D. Mullin,
Corresponding Author
Patricia E. Rosel
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Lafayette, Louisiana
Correspondence
Patricia Rosel, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 646 Cajundome Boulevard, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorLynsey A. Wilcox
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Lafayette, Louisiana
Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorTadasu K. Yamada
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
Contribution: Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorKeith D. Mullin
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this author[Corrections added on 11 Febuary 2021, after first online publication: Additional text is included.]
Abstract
Bryde's-like whales are a complex of medium-sized baleen whales that occur in tropical waters of all three major ocean basins. Currently, a single species of Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879, is recognized, with two subspecies, Eden's whale, B. edeni edeni and Bryde's whale, B. edeni brydei (Olsen, 1913), although some authors have recognized these as separate species. Recently, a new, evolutionarily divergent lineage of Bryde's-like whale was identified based on genetic data and was found to be restricted primarily to the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOMx). Here, we provide the first morphological examination of a complete skull from these whales and identify diagnostic characters that distinguish it from the other medium-sized baleen whale taxa. In addition, we have increased the number of genetic samples of these Bryde's-like whales in the GOMx from 23 to 36 individuals, all of which matched the GOMx lineage. A review of Bryde's-like whale records in the Caribbean and greater Atlantic supports an isolated distribution for this unique lineage, augmenting the genetic and morphological body of evidence supporting the existence of an undescribed species of Balaenoptera from the Gulf of Mexico.
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