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Mesoplodon densirostris   (Blainville, 1817)

Blainville's beaked whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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United States (contiguous states) 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. 91) 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/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
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 () > Ziphiidae (beaked whales)

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

Pelagico; non migratori (Ref. 75906); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 2014 m (Ref. 116169).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean and the Arctic. Tropical, temperate waters around the world (Ref. 1522).

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 470 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1394); Peso massimo pubblicato: 1.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found mostly offshore in deep waters. Feeds squid and fish (Ref. 1394); deepwater species (Ref. 936).

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 August 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

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

Strumenti

Informazioni ulteriori

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Maturità
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Fecundity
Uova
Egg development
Age/Size
Accrescimento
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Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Bibliografia
Mass conversion

Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: ; 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): 1.6 - 4.7, mean 2.5 (based on 7974 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.