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Trichechus senegalensis   Link, 1795

West African manatee
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Trichechus senegalensis


Senegal 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: Previous occurrence from map (Ref. 1394, p. 211) is confirmed by Ref. 1522. C: Ref. 1522, M: Ref. 1394.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sg.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.refer.sn/sngal_ct/eco/oeps/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rice, D.W., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

> Sirenia (Dugongs and manatees) > Trichechidae ()

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

Bottenlevande; sötvatten; brackvatten; djupintervall 1 - ? m (Ref. 81178), usually 2 - 5 m (Ref. 81178).   Tropical; 22°N - 18°S, 18°W - 14°E

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Atlantic and Africa Inland Waters.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 400 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 1394); publicerad maxvikt: 750.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found in coastal marine waters, rivers, and estuaries. Feeds on aquatic vascular plants, mangrove leaves or plants, clams, small fish (Ref. 1394).

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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

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

  Sårbar, se IUCNs rödlista (VU) (A3cd; C1); Date assessed: 18 July 2015

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet-källor

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

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.