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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

Belgium 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/be.html
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 Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Physeteridae (sperm whales)

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

Pélagique; océanodrome (Ref. 75906); profondeur 0 - 3200 m (Ref. 1005), usually 500 - 500 m (Ref. 75906).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Circumglobal.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?, range 830 - 920 cm Max length : 2,400 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 99323); 1200 cm TL (female); poids max. publié: 57.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. 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 Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

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).

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Vulnérable, voir Liste Rouge IUCN (VU) (A1d); Date assessed: 30 June 2008

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix I & II: Endangered migratory species conserved through agreements

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Outils

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Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pêcheries: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.3 - 3.8, mean 1.7 (based on 39945 cells).
Résilience (Ref. 69278) Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (K=0.05-0.16; tm=10).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (83 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.