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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Refs. 8772, 74558, 8659. M: Ref. 1394.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Evans, K. and M.A. Hindell, 2004
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Common names from other countries

Balyena, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cetartiodactyla () > Physeteridae (sperm whales)

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

Pelágico(a,os,as); oceanódromo (Ref. 75906); intervalo de profundidade 0 - 3200 m (Ref. 1005), usually 500 - 500 m (Ref. 75906). Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Introduções

Circumglobal.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ?, range 830 - 920 cm Max length : 2,400 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 99323); 1200 cm TL (female); Peso máx. publicado: 57.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Largest sperm whale (Ref. 1394). Sperm whaling has a long history. The most intense periods were the Yankee whaling era of the 1800s and the factory ship whaling of the 20th century. Recent findings of studies on social behavior and breeding undermine assumptions in the models on which exploitation and management have long been based. Certain populations have been depleted, but the sperm whale remains the most abundant of all the great whales (Great whales generally include the sperm whale and all baleen whales, except the pygmy right whale) (Ref. 1394). Maximum size of female species based from Ref. 1394. Deep divers. Feeds on squids, octopuses (Ref. 1394), sharks, demersal rays, and bony fishes (Ref. 122680). Forms strong social bonds (Ref. 122680).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Mature females live in socially cohesive groups of 10-30 individuals which include immature males and females and within is a communal suckling and caring of the young. Also, males leave the group at the age of 6 (Ref. 97765).

Referência principal Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

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

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerável, ver o Livro Vermelho da IUCN (VU) (A1d); Date assessed: 30 June 2008

Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix I & II: Endangered migratory species conserved through agreements

Utilização humana

Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - pescarias: landings, perfil da espécie | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.3 - 3.8, mean 1.7 (based on 39945 cells).

Resiliência (Ref. 69278) Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (K=0.05-0.16; tm=10).

Vulnerabilidade (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (64 of 100).

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758