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Mirounga angustirostris   (Gill, 1866)

Northern elephant seal

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Mexico 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: Known from Baja California (Ref. 1394), in Isla Los Coronados, Isla San Martin, Isla Guadalupe, Isla San Benito, Isla Cedros, Isla Natividad, Bahia San Cristobal, Isla San Roque, Isla Asuncion, Bahia San Hipolito, and Cabo San Lazaro; vagrant to Isla Angel de la Guarda (Ref. 1522). C: Refs. 1522, 1394, M: Ref. 1394.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Elefante-marino norteño, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Carnivora (Carnivores) > Phocidae ()

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

; djupintervall 0 - 1580 m (Ref. 1394).   Subtropical; 90°N - 10°N, 180°W - 180°E

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 500 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 1394); 300 cm TL (female); publicerad maxvikt: 2.2 t (Ref. 1394); publicerad maxvikt: 2.2 t

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Feeds on squids, small sharks, and deep water fishes (Ref. 1394).

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 December 2014

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

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

Verktyg

E-book | Fälthandbok

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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(fiskeri: species profile; publication : search) | 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): 1.5 - 5.3, mean 1.6 (based on 670 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (77 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.