Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 81173), usually 1 - 40 m. Tropical; 30°N - 37°S, 32°E - 178°W
Indo-Pacific: Dugong dugon hemprichii: Red Sea, Aqaba, Suez Canal; Dugong dugon dugon: Gulf of Aden, Mozambique, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodriguez, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Indonesia, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Philippines, Guam, Palau, Micronesia, Caroline Is, Papua New Guinea, Solomon, New Caledonia, Australia, Fiji (Ref. 1522).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 406 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91927); max. published weight: 400.0 kg (Ref. 1394); max. reported age: 20 years (Ref. 91927)
Maximum diving depth of 20.5 m recorded from Australia (Ref. 81173).
Tan, J.M.L. 1995. (Ref. 936)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
FAO - Fisheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 1686 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.26-1.62; tm=12.3; tmax=20).
Vulnerability
High vulnerability (59 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.