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Dugong dugon   (Müller, 1776)

Dugong

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Maldives country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: No credible records (Ref. 1522). M: Ref. 1394; O: Ref. 1522.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mv.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 Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Mammalia > Sirenia (Dugongs and manatees) > Dugongidae (dugongs)

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

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

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)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum diving depth of 20.5 m recorded from Australia (Ref. 81173).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2bcd+4bcd); Date assessed: 12 July 2015

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
FAO - Fisheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

Internet sources

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 1686 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.26-1.62; tm=12.3; tmax=20).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (59 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.