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Peponocephala electra   (Gray, 1846)

Melon-headed whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Barbados 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:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bb.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.cep.unep.org/barbados/fisheries/pages/fisheries.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Breitschnabeldelphin, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Delphinidae (marine or true dolphins)

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

Pélagique; non migrateur (Ref. 75906); profondeur 0 - 1815 m (Ref. 116169).   Tropical; 17°C - 28°C (Ref. 75906); 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific. Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm 257.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 275 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 936); poids max. publié: 275.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Calving was estimated to have a 2-year interval (Ref. 97371).

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 February 2019

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Outils

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Noms communs
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Frai
Fécondité
Œufs
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Longueur-longueur
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Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pêcheries: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.5 - 14.4, mean 4.9 (based on 3755 cells).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (78 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.