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Balaenoptera physalus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fin whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Balaenoptera physalus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Balaenoptera physalus


Sierra Leone 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/sl.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

Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

Pelagisch; ozeanodrom (Ref. 75906); tiefenbereich 0 - 230 m (Ref. 1005).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

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 / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2,700 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 1394); max. veröff. Gewicht: 75.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. 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.

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

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

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  gefährdet, siehe IUCN Red List (VU) (A1d); Date assessed: 04 February 2018

CITES Status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Fischereien: landings, Artbeschreibung | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.2 - 4.6, mean 1.5 (based on 25596 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (K=0.25-0.27; tm=17.5).
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (76 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Unknown.