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Kogia breviceps   (Blainville, 1838)

Pygmy sperm whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Kogia breviceps

Namibia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Cachalot pygmée, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales)

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

Pelagico; non migratori (Ref. 75906); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 1989 m (Ref. 116169).   Deep-water; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific. Tropical to warm temperate zones.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 270 - 280 cm Max length : 340 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1394); Peso massimo pubblicato: 400.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Tan, J.M.L. 1995. (Ref. 936)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2019

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Informazioni ulteriori

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Ecologia
Dieta
Prede
Nomi Comuni
Sinonimi
Predatori
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Deposizione
Fecundity
Uova
Egg development
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Bibliografia
Mass conversion
Collaboratori
Immagini

Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2 - 13.7, mean 4.5 (based on 2235 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (81 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.