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Balaenoptera physalus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fin whale

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

Fin whale, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

Πελαγικό(ά); ωκεανόδρομο(ς) (Ref. 75906); εύρος βάθους 0 - 230 m (Ref. 1005).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

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 / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2,700 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 1394); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 75.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. 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 Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

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

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

  Ευάλωτο, βλέπε Κόκκινη Λίστα (VU) (A1d); Date assessed: 04 February 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix I & II: Endangered migratory species conserved through agreements

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - αλιεία: landings, species profile | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

E-book | Οδηγός πεδίου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.2 - 4.6, mean 1.5 (based on 25596 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278) Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.25-0.27; tm=17.5).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (76 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.