Mammalia | 
Cetartiodactyla | 
Ziphiidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic-oceanic.  Polar; 0°N -   90°S, 180°W -   180°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic:  South America.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 975 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Inhabits deep cold temperate and subpolar waters of the Southern Hemisphere.  Feeds on benthic and pelagic fishes and cephalopods. Found in deep cold temperate and subpolar waters of the Southern Hemisphere.  Feeds on benthic and pelagic fishes and cephalopods (Ref. 1394).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber 1993 FAO species Identification Guide: Marine Mammals of the World. Rome, FAO. 320 p. + 587 figures. (Ref. 1394)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
				FAO - Fisheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us			
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 0.2 - 3, mean 1.6 (based on 4031 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.