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Ziphius cavirostris   Cuvier, 1823

Cuvier's beaked whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Netherlands 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/nl.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

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Ziphiidae (beaked whales)

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

Pelagico; oceanodromo (Ref. 75906); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 8000 m, usually 1000 - 4000 m.   Temperate; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Circumglobal. Tropical to polar regions.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 580.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 750 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1394); 700 cm TL (female); Peso massimo pubblicato: 3.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Reported from 0 m-2079 m (Ref. 083345) but is observed to occur at greater depths based on more recent data and depth habitat use (Kaschner. K., pers. Comm., 20/10/14). Distributed in offshore waters of all oceans; prefer deep water (Ref. 936). Feeds in deep waters (Ref. 122680), mostly on deep sea squid, but also take on fish and some crustaceans (Ref. 936).

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 October 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

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Morfologia
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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.2 - 4.3, mean 1.9 (based on 26645 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.