Peponocephala electra, Melon-headed whale : fisheries

Peponocephala electra   (Gray, 1846)

Melon-headed whale

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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Delphinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

पिलाजिक; गैर प्रवासी (संदर्भ 75906); गहराई सीमा 0 - 1815 m (संदर्भ 116169).  Tropical; 17°C - 28°C (संदर्भ 75906); 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific. Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm 257.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 275 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 936); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 275.0 kg (संदर्भ 1394)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Forms large social groups. Feeds on deep waters (Ref. 122680), on squid and small fish (Ref. 1394).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Tan, J.M.L. 1995. (संदर्भ 936)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2024-2)

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

CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)


CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक
FAO - मात्स्यिकी: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

साधन

अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Taxonomy
आम नाम
उपशब्द
आकृति विज्ञान
तस्वीरे
संदर्भ

इंटरनेट स्रोत

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.5 - 14.4, mean 4.9 (based on 3755 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Very high vulnerability (78 of 100).
Price category (संदर्भ 80766): Unknown.