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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 94024.
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Main Ref: The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2013
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Leopard seal, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Mammalia > Carnivora (Carnivores) > Phocidae ()

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

Bathydemersal. Polar; 0°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, and the Antarctic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 300 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); 360 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 450.0 kg (Ref. 1394); max. published weight: 450.0 kg

Found throughout the pack ice zone; haul out on ice and land, often preferring ice floes, when available. Feeds on krill, fish, squid, penguins, and young seals, and will occasionally scavenge from carcasses of whales (Ref. 1394).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 January 2015

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): -1.9 - 1.4, mean -0.5 (based on 2109 cells).

Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.36-0.47).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Hydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville, 1820)