Mesoplodon densirostris, Blainville's beaked whale : fisheries

Mesoplodon densirostris   (Blainville, 1817)

Blainville's beaked whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Ziphiidae

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

Pelagiska; ej vandrande (Ref. 75906); djupintervall 0 - 2014 m (Ref. 116169).  Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 470 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 1394); publicerad maxvikt: 1.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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

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

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Tan, J.M.L. 1995 A Field Guide to the Whales and Dolphins in the Philippines. Makati City: Bookmark. 125 p. (Ref. 936)

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

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet-källor

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