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Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937
Shepherd's beaked whale| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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| This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. |
| Tasmacetus shepherdi AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS |
![Image of Tasmacetus shepherdi (Shepherd\](/images/thumbnails/gif/Tn_Tashe_u0.gif "Image of Tasmacetus shepherdi (Shepherd\")
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Ziphiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic. Temperate; 0°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific and the Antarctic: Circumpolar, southern hemisphere; South America.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 700 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); 660 cm TL (female)
Feeds on several species of fish near the the bottom in deep waters (Ref. 1394).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2018
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Appendix II: International trade monitored
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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Abundance
Age/Size
Length-weight
Length-length
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Recruitment
Abundance
Life cycle
Reproduction
Maturity
Fecundity
Spawning
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Larval dynamics
Maturity
Fecundity
Spawning
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Larval dynamics
Distribution
Human Related
Aquaculture profile
Stamps, Coins Misc.
Stamps, Coins Misc.
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Taxonomy
References
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 1.5 - 4.5, mean 2.3 (based on 407 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.