Arctocephalus townsendi, Guadalupe fur seal : fisheries

Arctocephalus townsendi   Merriam, 1897

Guadalupe fur seal

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Carnivora | Otariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Djupbottenlevande.  Subtropical; 45°N - 13°N, 140°W - 180°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Central Pacific: USA and Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 190 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 1394); 140 cm TL (female); publicerad maxvikt: 170.0 kg (Ref. 1394); publicerad maxvikt: 170.0 kg

Short description Morfologi

Dusky black with lighter ventrum. Gray head and shoulders, black nose with brown-red hair around the eyes. Guard hairs are white-tipped in adult males. Claws present in 5 fingers and absent on the 1st and 5th toes. Cartilaginous webbing extends past the claws. Females have 2 pairs abdominal nipples.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found at sea, on beaches; when ashore, they prefer volcanic caves and grottos, or other rocky habitats. Found at sea, on beaches; when ashore, they prefer volcanic caves and grottos, or other rocky habitats. Both male and female territorial. Extralimital sightings in California corresponds with El Niño events (Ref. 1394).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Breeds near or in caves marked by the male as his territory. Mating occurs postpartum. Pups nurse for 9 to 11 months during which nursing females fast for an average of 5 days.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber 1993 FAO species Identification Guide: Marine Mammals of the World. Rome, FAO. 320 p. + 587 figures. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 October 2014

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Verktyg

E-book | Fälthandbok

Ytterligare information

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
Födosammansättning
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Predatorer
Ekologi
Ekologi
Population dynamics
Tillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
Life cycle
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
Länder
FAO områden
Ekosystem
Förekomster
Utplanteringar
Physiology
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Taxonomy
Populärnamn
synonymer
Morfologi
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referenser

Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(fiskeri: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.1 - 4, mean 3.1 (based on 48 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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