| Citation | Rice, D.W., 1998 Marine Mammals of the World Systematics and Distribution. Special Publication number 4: The Society for Marine Mammalogy. 231p. |
| Ref. | 1522 Rice, D.W., 1998 |
| Page | 64-65 |
| Named Used as Valid | Balaena mysticetus |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Canada, Foxe Basin, Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, Strait of Belle Isle, Greenland, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Russia, Norway, Iceland, Sea of Okhotsk, Chukchi, Beaufort Sea, Siberia,North Bering Sea, Alaska, Japan, Pribilof Is. |