| Common Name | Pygmy blue whale |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Australia |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | How, R.A., N.K. Cooper and J.L. Bannister, 2001 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | fish |
| 1st Modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd Modifier | mod. for size |
| Remarks | 'whale' from Proto-Indo-European '(s)kwal-o-' (source also of Latin 'squalus', a kind of large sea fish). |