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Balaenoptera physalus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fin whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Korea (South) 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. 53) is confirmed by Ref. 1522. Reported as Balaenoptera physalus physalus (Ref. 1522). C: Ref. 1522, M: Ref. 1394.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rice, D.W., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Balaenopteridae (rorquals, finback whales)

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

Pelagico; oceanodromo (Ref. 75906); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 230 m (Ref. 1005).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Circumglobal except the Arctic: Balaenoptera physalus physalus: Svalbard, Barents Sea, North Carolina, Portugal, Cantabrian Sea, Newfoundland, Gulf of Mexico, Greater Antilles, Faroe Islands, Norway, Canary Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril Islands, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Sea of Japan, Japan, Taiwan, Ogasawara, Hawaii, California, Baja California, Gulf of California; Balaenoptera physalus quoyi: Ross Ice Shelf, Brazil, Gabon, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Madagascar, Western Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, Peru, Chile (Ref. 1522).

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2,700 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1394); Peso massimo pubblicato: 75.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

The largest of the fin whales. Seen near shore, most commonly where deep water approaches the coast. Feeds on small invertebrates, schooling fishes, and squid. They are active lunge feeders (Ref. 1394). They are preyed upon by great white sharks (Ref. 32140). Following depletion of blue whale stocks, whalers shifted their attention to fin whales. Populations everywhere were substantially reduced. At present the worldwide population does not seem to appear in any immediate danger (Ref. 1394). Minimum depth from Ref. 116169.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

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

  Vulnerabile, vedi Lista Rossa IUCN (VU) (A1d); Date assessed: 04 February 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fonti Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.2 - 4.6, mean 1.5 (based on 25596 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.25-0.27; tm=17.5).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (76 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.