Balaenoptera ricei, Rice’s whale

Balaenoptera ricei   Rosel, Wilcox, Yamada & Mullin, 2021

Rice’s whale
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Balaenopteridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Pelagiska; djupintervall 150 - 410 m (Ref. 127273).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfologi

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.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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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