Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800)
South American sea lion
Otaria flavescens
photo by FAO

Family:  Otariidae ()
Max. size:  260 cm TL (male/unsexed); 220 cm TL (female); max.weight: 350 kg; max.weight: 144 kg
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine
Distribution:  Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: South America. Tropical to temperate.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Found over the continental shelf and slope. Occurs in deep waters, and also venture into freshwaters in rivers and around glaciers. Feeds on many species of benthic and pelagic fishes, and invertebrates (i.e. lobster, krill, squid, octopus, and jellyfish), and occasionally penguins and young South American seals) (Ref. 1394). Preyed upon by a sevengill shark (Ref. 8910).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 02 November 2015 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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