Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 124707), usually 1 - 6 m (Ref. 124707). Temperate; 82°N - 36°N, 137°E - 68°E (Ref. 124582)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic: Alaska and Canada to UK England, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cmmax. published weight: 2.1 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 5.58 cm; tarsus: 5.35 cm; wing: 30.25 cm.

Surface diving; head-dipping; coastal. Winters at sea in northern regions in the North Pacific and North Atlantic (Ref. 356).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) (A4abcde); Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

Human uses

| FishSource |

Tools

E-book | Field guide

More information

Countries
FAO areas
Ecosystems
Occurrences
Introductions
Stocks
Ecology
Diet
Food items

Common names
Synonyms
Predators
Reproduction
Maturity
Spawning
Fecundity
Eggs
Egg development

Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance

References
Mass conversion

Collaborators
Pictures

Internet sources

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.6 - 12.4, mean 6.9 (based on 1546 cells).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)