Source: "Whaling in the North Atlantic - Economic and Political Perspectives," Ed. Gudrun Petursdottir, University of Iceland, 1997, ISBN 9979-54-213-6. Proceedings of a conference held in Reykjavik on March 1st, 1997, organized by the Fisheries Research Institute and the High North Alliance.
| English | Latin | Norwegian | Icelandic |
| Atlantic white-sided dolphin | Lagenorhynchus acutus | hvidskjæving | leiftur |
| baleen whales | Mysticeti | bardehvaler | skídishvalir |
| beluga whale | Delphinapterus leucas | hvithval | mjaldur |
| Biscayan right whale | Eubalaena glacialis | nordkaper | hafurkitti, Íslenskur sléttbakur |
| black right whale | Eubalaena glacialis | nordkaper | hafurkitti, Íslenskur sléttbakur |
| blue whale | Balaenoptera musculus | blåhval | steypireydur |
| bottlenosed whale | Hyperoodon ampullatus | bottlenose nebbhval |
andarnefja |
| bowhead | Balaena mysticetus | Grønlandshval | nor›hvalur, Grænl. sléttbakur, Grænlenskur hvalur |
| Californian grey whale | Eschrichtius robustus | gråhval | sandlægja |
| common dolphin | Delphinus delphis | delfin | hundfiskur |
| common porpoise | Phocoena phocoena | nise | hnísa |
| fin whale | Balaenoptera physalus | finnhval | langreydur |
| gray whale | Eschrichtius robustus | gråhval | sandlægja |
| Greenland right whale | Balaena mysticetus | Grønlandshval | nordhvalur, Grænl. sléttbakur, Grænlenskur hvalur |
| grey whale | Eschrichtius robustus | gråhval | sandlægja |
| harbour porpoise | Phocoena phocoena | nise | hnísa |
| humpback whale | Megaptera novaeangliae | knølhval | hnúfubakur |
| killer whale | Orcinus orca | spekkhogger | háhyrna, háhyrningur |
| lesser rorqual | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | vågehval | hrafnreydur, hrefna |
| long-finned pilot whale | Globicephala melas, Globicephala melaena | grindhval | grindhvalur, marsvín |
| minke whale | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | vågehval | hrafnreydur, hrefna |
| narwhal, narwhale | Monodon monoceros | narhval | náhvalur |
| North Atlantic right whale | Eubalaena glacialis | nordkaper | hafurkitti, Íslenskur sléttbakur |
| northern bottlenosed whale | Hyperoodon ampullatus | bottlenose, nebbhval | andarnefja |
| Pacific gray whale | Eschrichtius robustus | gråhval | sandlægja |
| pottwhale | Physeter catodon, Physeter macrocephalus | spermasetthva, spermhval | búrhvalur |
| right whales | BALAENIDAE | retthvaler, slettbakhvaler | sléttbakar |
| rorquals | BALAENOPTERIDAE | finnhvale | reydarhvalir |
| sei whale | Balaenoptera borealis | seihval | sandreydur |
| sperm whale | Physeter catodons, Physeter macrocephalu | spermasetthval, spermhval | búrhvalur |
| white whale | Delphinapterus leucas | hvithval | mjaldur |
| white-beaked dolphin | Lagenorhynchus albirostris | kvitnos | hnydingur |