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Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867
Antarctic minke whale| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Balaenopteridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic-oceanic. Polar; 0°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic. Polar, tropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 840 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79551); 890 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 6.8 t (Ref. 79551); max. published weight: 6.8 t
Feeds mainly on krill offshore; and other prey items such as amphipods and fish. Their prey species varies geographically. Reports suggests a bimodal diurnal feeding rhythm with a primary peak in the early morning and a secondary one in the late evening. It takes 8 hours to digest their stomach contents (Ref. 79551).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Rice, D.W. 1998. (Ref. 1522)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Near Threatened (NT) (A2b); Date assessed: 02 January 2018
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Appendix I: International trade banned
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements
Threat to humans
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Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 0.2 - 7, mean 1.7 (based on 1721 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.