Table 1. Mitochondrial COI and Cytb genes based genetic distances of Balaenopteridae species

Species	Inter-species genetic distances (COI/Cytb)								Intra-species
Balaenoptera musculus									0.10/0
Balaenoptera borealis	6.75/7.37								0.70/0
Balaenoptera edeni	7.39/8.77	4.32/2.66							0/0.20
Balaenoptera brydei	7.51/8.98	4.97/4.31	4.36/4.73						0.20/0
Balaenoptera omurai	7.52/9.74	7.58/11.14	7.10/11.60	8.93/12.09					0/0.70
Megaptera novaeangliae	7.59/7.84	7.95/8.12	7.33/10.20	8.04/8.44	8.44/12.57				0.30/0.20
Balaenoptera bonaerensis	7.95/11.50	8.71/8.82	7.89/8.93	8.31/9.15	8.80/11.93	7.13/12.78			0.20/0.80
Balaenoptera physalus	8.05/8.79	7.76/8.14	7.60/8.90	9.25/8.46	7.74/12.02	6.28/10.23	7.78/10.51		1.20/1.10
Balaenoptera acutorostrata	9.80/10.96	10.42/8.31	9.26/8.56	9.19/8.63	10.22/12.67	8.66/11.19	3.83/4.27	9.86/9.91	0.70/0.40