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Orcinus orca   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Killer whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Orcinus orca

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:
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: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Great killer whale, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

Pélagique; océanodrome (Ref. 75906); profondeur 0 - 2652 m (Ref. 116169).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Circumglobal. Climate: cosmopolitan.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?, range 570 - 660 cm Max length : 980 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 1394); 850 cm TL (female); poids max. publié: 10.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Transient migration (Ref. 8689). Lives in matrilines throughout their lifetime (Ref. 97337). Commonly found in nearshore, cold temperate to subpolar waters (Refs. 1394, 936). Forms large social groups and strong social bonds. Feeds cooperatively (Ref. 122680). Feeds on sharks, large baleen whales (Ref. 122680), all oceanic cetaceans, pinniped, penguins, and other seabirds, leatherback turtles, squid and many types of fish (Refs. 1394, 936).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Polygamous (Ref. 8653). Sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females (Ref. 97315). Females have higher preference for non-pod males that arrive as part of a matriline than males that arrive alone. Multiple mating occurs based on testis size to body size ratios; females mate with more than one male during associations between pods (Ref. 97337). Calving is diffusely seasonal, with a peak in autumn for northeastern Pacific species (Ref. 97343).

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Tan, J.M.L. 1995. (Ref. 936)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Données manquantes (DD) ; Date assessed: 20 June 2017

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Utilisations par l'homme

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

Outils

E-book | Guide de terrain

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 - 13.1, mean 3.1 (based on 13394 cells).
Résilience (Ref. 69278) Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (K=0.1-0.17; tm=9.4).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.