 The scientists also claimed their research settled a long-standing taxonomic argument, and Bryde's whale and the pygmy Bryde's whale ("B. edeni") are in fact two distinct species.Perrin's beaked whale ("Mesoplodon perrini") was named as a new species in 2002.It was originally found in 1975 off the coast of California, but misidentified as Hector's beaked whale ("Mesoplodon hectori").