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

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

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

Benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 200 m (Ref. 81173), usually 1 - 40 m.   Tropical; 30°N - 37°S, 32°E - 178°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

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 / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 406 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 91927); Peso massimo pubblicato: 400.0 kg (Ref. 1394); Età massima riportata: 20 anni (Ref. 91927)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

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

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

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

  Vulnerabile, vedi Lista Rossa IUCN (VU) (A2bcd+4bcd); Date assessed: 12 July 2015

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Human uses

Pesca: di nessun interesse
FAO - pesca: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

Informazioni ulteriori

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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): 24 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 1686 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=1.26-1.62; tm=12.3; tmax=20).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (59 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.