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Otaria flavescens   (Shaw, 1800)

South American sea lion

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Argentina 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 Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados (54°45'S).
National Checklist: Argentina
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rice, D.W., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Carnivora (Carnivores) > Otariidae ()

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

βαθύβιο(ς).   Tropical; 0°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: South America. Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 260 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 1394); 220 cm TL (female); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 350.0 kg (Ref. 1394); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 350.0 kg

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Found over the continental shelf and slope. Occurs in deep waters, and also venture into freshwaters in rivers and around glaciers. Feeds on many species of benthic and pelagic fishes, and invertebrates (i.e. lobster, krill, squid, octopus, and jellyfish), and occasionally penguins and young South American seals) (Ref. 1394). Preyed upon by a sevengill shark (Ref. 8910). Found over the continental shelf and slope. Occurs in deep waters, and also venture into freshwaters in rivers and around glaciers. Feeds on many species of benthic and pelagic fishes, and invertebrates (i.e. lobster, krill, squid, octopus, and jellyfish), and occasionally penguins and young South American seals) (Ref. 1394).

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 November 2015

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - αλιεία: landings, species profile | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες

Κοινά ονόματα
Συνώνυμα
Θηρευτές
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γεννοβολία
Γονιμότητα
Αβγά
Egg development
Age/Size
Αύξηση
Length-weight
Length-length
Μορφολογία
Προνύμφες
Αφθονία
Αναφορές
Mass conversion

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.3 - 15.6, mean 9.9 (based on 922 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278) Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (K=0.31-0.31).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.