Arctocephalus townsendi, Guadalupe fur seal : fisheries

Arctocephalus townsendi   Merriam, 1897

Guadalupe fur seal

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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Carnivora | Otariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

βαθύβιο(ς).  Subtropical; 45°N - 13°N, 140°W - 180°E

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Eastern Central Pacific: USA and Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 190 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 1394); 140 cm TL (female); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 170.0 kg (Αναφ. 1394); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 170.0 kg

Short description Μορφολογία

Dusky black with lighter ventrum. Gray head and shoulders, black nose with brown-red hair around the eyes. Guard hairs are white-tipped in adult males. Claws present in 5 fingers and absent on the 1st and 5th toes. Cartilaginous webbing extends past the claws. Females have 2 pairs abdominal nipples.

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Found at sea, on beaches; when ashore, they prefer volcanic caves and grottos, or other rocky habitats. Found at sea, on beaches; when ashore, they prefer volcanic caves and grottos, or other rocky habitats. Both male and female territorial. Extralimital sightings in California corresponds with El Niño events (Ref. 1394).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

Breeds near or in caves marked by the male as his territory. Mating occurs postpartum. Pups nurse for 9 to 11 months during which nursing females fast for an average of 5 days.

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Αναφ. 1394)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 October 2014

CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)


CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
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Εργαλεία

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες

Τροφική Οικολογία
Food items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
Οικολογία
Population dynamics
Αύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Life cycle
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γονιμότητα
Γεννοβολία
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Physiology
Κατανάλωση οξυγόνου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.1 - 4, mean 3.1 (based on 48 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.