Kogia breviceps   (Blainville, 1838)

Pygmy sperm whale

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Kogiidae

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

Pelagic; non-migratory (Ref. 75906); depth range 0 - 1989 m (Ref. 116169).  Deep-water; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific. Tropical to warm temperate zones.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 270 - 280 cm Max length : 340 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); max. published weight: 400.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Commonly seen over and near the continental slope. Feeds on deep-water cephalopods, fish and shrimps (Ref. 936).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2019

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | 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): 2 - 13.7, mean 4.5 (based on 2235 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.