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Kogia breviceps   (Blainville, 1838)

Pygmy sperm whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Kogia breviceps

Philippines 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: Sighted in Pamilacan Island. Stranding at Calatagan, Batangas (Ref. 936), and Davao (Ref. 94963). Length is up to 335.28 cm (Ref. 936). Threats include solid waste pollution and direct take by harpoon recorded from Pamilacan Island, Bohol (Ref. 94963). C: Refs. 936, 84562, 94963. Philippine Red List: Data Deficient (Ref. 94963).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Tan, J.M.L., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Cachalot pygmée, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales)

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

Pelágico; no migratorio (Ref. 75906); rango de profundidad 0 - 1989 m (Ref. 116169).   Deep-water; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific. Tropical to warm temperate zones.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 270 - 280 cm Max length : 340 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1394); peso máximo publicado: 400.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Commonly seen over and near the continental slope. Feeds on deep-water cephalopods, fish and shrimps (Ref. 936).

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2019

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesquerías: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2 - 13.7, mean 4.5 (based on 2235 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.