Peponocephala electra, Melon-headed whale : fisheries

Peponocephala electra   (Gray, 1846)

Melon-headed whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Delphinidae

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

Pelagiska; ej vandrande (Ref. 75906); djupintervall 0 - 1815 m (Ref. 116169).  Tropical; 17°C - 28°C (Ref. 75906); 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific. Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm 257.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 275 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 936); publicerad maxvikt: 275.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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

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

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

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

Verktyg

E-book | Fälthandbok

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Trophic Ecology
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(fiskeri: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | 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): 2.5 - 14.4, mean 4.9 (based on 3755 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (78 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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