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Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Others. Polar
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Antarctic. Subtropical to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 441.00 g (Ref. 356)
Culmen: 1.58 cm; tarsus: 1.83 cm; wing: 26.0 cm.
Total Length: 38 to 40 cm; Wingspan: 81 to 91 cm (Ref. 8812). Circumpolar (Ref. 91362). Found over open-water (Ref. 356). Follows ships. A gregarious species; noisy and quarrelsome when feeding on ship galley waste (Ref. 91362). Exhibits surface-seizing, foot paddling and pattering (Ref. 356). Breeds colonially (Ref. 91362).
Brooke, M. de L. 1995. (Ref. 5718)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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Tools
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Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=8.86-41.08).
Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.