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Pseudorca crassidens   (Owen, 1846)

False killer whale

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Korea (South) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

False killer whale, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Mammalia > Cetartiodactyla () > Delphinidae (marine or true dolphins)

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

Pelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 75906); depth range 0 - 2332 m (Ref. 116169).   Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific. Tropical to warm temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 366 - 427 cm Max length : 600 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); 500 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 2.0 t (Ref. 1394)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

Breeding occurs throughout the year (Ref. 97351).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Tan, J.M.L. 1995. (Ref. 936)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Near Threatened (NT) (A2d); Date assessed: 23 July 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

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

Tools

E-book | Field guide

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | 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): 2.3 - 5.8, mean 3.4 (based on 3246 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (81 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.