Japan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported as Globicephala melas subsp in Rebun-to in the northern Sea of Japan and in Tateyama; skulls were recovered from these archaeological sites; the waters around these sites are presently inhabited by shortfinned pilot whales (Ref. 1522).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rice, D.W., 1998
National Database:

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Calderón negro, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Delphinidae (marine or true dolphins)

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

Pelágico; rango de profundidad 30 - 1800 m (Ref. 122880). Polar; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Northeast Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean, and the Antarctic: Central Pacific sector at 68°S, 120°W; Globicephala melas melas: Ungava Bay, Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Norway, North Carolina, Azores, Madeira, Mauritania, Western Mediterranean, Newfoundland; Globicephala melas subsp.: Japan, Sea of Japan; Globicephala melas edwardii: Brazil, South Africa, Crozet, Heard Island, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Scott Island, Antarctic Convergence (Ref. 1522). Polar, subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 670 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1394); 570 cm TL (female); peso máximo publicado: 2.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Found in oceanic waters and some coastal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Feeds on squid and sometimes small medium-sized fish (Ref. 1394).

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

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

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 June 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.6 - 10, mean 3.7 (based on 3239 cells).

Resiliencia (Ref. 69278) Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (K=0.1; tm=12).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (83 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)