Eubalaena japonica, North Pacific right whale : fisheries

Eubalaena japonica   (Lacépède, 1818)

North Pacific right whale

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

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Balaenidae

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

Pelagic.  Temperate; 90°N - 10°N, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Pacific: Alaska and Japan. Temperate to tropical waters. [Northeast Pacific population: IUCN 2010 (Ref. 84930): CR, D.]

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found at depths of 0 to 8000 m (Ref. 356). Known as 'skimmers,' constantly taking in water as they move and filtering out their food. Feeds exclusively on plankton (Ref. 122680).

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

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

  Endangered (EN) (D); Date assessed: 19 December 2017

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix I: Endangered migratory species

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(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): 0.9 - 19, mean 6 (based on 4144 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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