Mesoplodon bidens, Sowerby's beaked whale : fisheries

Mesoplodon bidens   (Sowerby, 1804)

Sowerby's beaked whale

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Ziphiidae

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

Pelagiska; djupintervall 0 - 2014 m (Ref. 116169).  Temperate; 90°N - 11°N, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Tropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 550 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 1394); 510 cm TL (female)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Feeds on squid and small fish (Ref. 1394). Feeds on squid and small fish (Ref. 1394).

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

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 August 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - fiskeri: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(fiskeri: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.3 - 10.1, mean 4.9 (based on 943 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.