Orcaella brevirostris, Irrawaddy dolphin : fisheries

Orcaella brevirostris   (Owen, 1866)

Irrawaddy dolphin

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

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Delphinidae

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

Pelagic; freshwater; brackish; depth range 0 - 200 m, usually 1 - 10 m.  Tropical; 90°N - 10°S, 50°E - 125°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific and Asia Inland Waters. [Malampaya Sound population: IUCN 2010 (Ref. 84930): CR, C2a(i,ii); D.]

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 275 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit coastal, brackish, and freshwaters of the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific (Ref. 1394); found mostly in shallow, brackish, turbid waters at the mouth of rivers in the southeastern Asia and Australasia (Ref. 1522). Feeds on fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans (Ref. 1394). Inhabit coastal, brackish, and freshwaters of the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific. Feeds on fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans (Ref. 1394); found mostly in shallow, brackish, turbid waters at the mouth of rivers in the southeastern Asia and Australasia (Ref. 1522).

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

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

  Endangered (EN) (A2cd+3cd+4cd); Date assessed: 30 August 2017

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix I & II: Endangered migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

Human uses

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

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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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 27.6 - 29.3, mean 28.9 (based on 1016 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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