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Balaenoptera ricei Rosel, Wilcox, Yamada & Mullin, 2021
Rice’s whale
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Balaenopteridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 150 - 410 m (Ref. 127273). Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico.
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Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description Morphology
Medium-sized rorqual whale. Nasals taper and curve laterally at the posterior end and have a smooth margin, meeting the medial-posterior margin of the ascending process of the maxilla; has broad gap between the nasal bones that does not narrow posteriorly created in part by the frontal bones which protrude anteriorly between the posterior end of the nasals. Body color: uniformly dark charcoal gray above, including both the upper and lower jaws, and light to pinkish countershading ventrally. The flippers are uniformly dark.
The only year-round resident baleen whale found mainly along the northeastern Gulf of Mexico (Refs. 127256, 127273).
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References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Rosel, P.E., L.A. Wilcox, T.K. Yamada and K.D. Mullin. 2021. (Ref. 127273)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Critically Endangered (CR) (D); Date assessed: 01 September 2021
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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