Balaenoptera ricei, Rice’s whale

Balaenoptera ricei   Rosel, Wilcox, Yamada & Mullin, 2021

Rice’s whale
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Balaenopteridae

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

Pelagic; depth range 150 - 410 m (Ref. 127273).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Medium-sized rorqual whale. Nasals taper and curve laterally at the posterior end and have a smooth margin, meeting the medial-posterior margin of the ascending process of the maxilla; has broad gap between the nasal bones that does not narrow posteriorly created in part by the frontal bones which protrude anteriorly between the posterior end of the nasals. Body color: uniformly dark charcoal gray above, including both the upper and lower jaws, and light to pinkish countershading ventrally. The flippers are uniformly dark.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

The only year-round resident baleen whale found mainly along the northeastern Gulf of Mexico (Refs. 127256, 127273).

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Rosel, P.E., L.A. Wilcox, T.K. Yamada and K.D. Mullin. 2021. (Ref. 127273)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Critically Endangered (CR) (D); Date assessed: 01 September 2021

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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