Platanista gangetica   (Roxburgh, 1801)

Ganges river dolphin
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Platanista gangetica

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

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Platanistidae

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

Pelagic; freshwater; depth range ? - 250 m (Ref. 1522).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Asia Inland Waters: Platanista gangetica gangetica: Throughout the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system of India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan below an elevation of 250 m; Platanista gangetica minor: Indus River and its tributaries, the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, and Sutlei Rivers, of Pakistan and India.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 220 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); 260 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 108.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives in main channels, flood season, seasonal tributaries and the flooded lowlands. Feeds on several species of fishes, prawns, invertebrates, and possible turtles and birds (Ref. 1394). Lives in main channels, flood season, seasonal tributaries and the flooded lowlands. Feeds on several species of fishes, prawns, invertebrates, and possible turtles and birds (Ref. 1394).

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Rice, D.W. 1998. (Ref. 1522)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

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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

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.