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Physeter macrocephalus   Linnaeus, 1758

Sperm whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Physeter macrocephalus

Revillagigedo Archipelago 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:
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Balyena, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Physeteridae (sperm whales)

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

Pelagisch; ozeanodrom (Ref. 75906); tiefenbereich 0 - 3200 m (Ref. 1005), usually 500 - 500 m (Ref. 75906).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Circumglobal.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?, range 830 - 920 cm Max length : 2,400 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 99323); 1200 cm TL (female); max. veröff. Gewicht: 57.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Largest sperm whale (Ref. 1394). Sperm whaling has a long history. The most intense periods were the Yankee whaling era of the 1800s and the factory ship whaling of the 20th century. Recent findings of studies on social behavior and breeding undermine assumptions in the models on which exploitation and management have long been based. Certain populations have been depleted, but the sperm whale remains the most abundant of all the great whales (Great whales generally include the sperm whale and all baleen whales, except the pygmy right whale) (Ref. 1394). Maximum size of female species based from Ref. 1394.

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

Mature females live in socially cohesive groups of 10-30 individuals which include immature males and females and within is a communal suckling and caring of the young. Also, males leave the group at the age of 6 (Ref. 97765).

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

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

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  gefährdet, siehe IUCN Red List (VU) (A1d); Date assessed: 30 June 2008

CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix I & II: Endangered migratory species conserved through agreements

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Fischereien: landings, Artbeschreibung | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

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Internet Quellen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fischereien: Artbeschreibung; publication : search) | GenBank (Genom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Gehe zu, Suchen) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.3 - 3.8, mean 1.7 (based on 39945 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (K=0.05-0.16; tm=10).
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (83 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Unknown.