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Kogia sima   (Owen, 1866)

Dwarf sperm whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Oman 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. 73) is confirmed by Ref. 1522. C: Ref. 1522, M: Ref. 1394.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rice, D.W., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Cachalot nain, ... more

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

> Cetartiodactyla () > Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales)

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

Pelágico; no migratorio (Ref. 75906); rango de profundidad 0 - 1989 m (Ref. 116169).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

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

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Tropical to warm temperate zones.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 210 - 220 cm Max length : 270 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1394); peso máximo publicado: 210.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Females may become pregnant in successive breeding seasons. Mating occurs in summer. Calving lasts over 5 months (Ref. 97768).

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: 13 February 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

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

Herramientas

E-book | Guía de campo

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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesquerías: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.4 - 13.9, mean 4.5 (based on 4397 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (81 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.