Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville's beaked whale, Densebeak Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris is commonly referred to as Blainville's beaked whale, Densebeak Whale. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9764 

AphiaID:

137122 

Scientific:

Mesoplodon densirostris 

German:

Blainville-Schnabelwal 

English:

Blainville's Beaked Whale, Densebeak Whale 

Category:

Mammals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Ziphiidae (Family) > Mesoplodon (Genus) > densirostris (Species) 

Initial determination:

(de Blainville, ), 1817 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Djibouti, Tunesien, Barbados, Hong Kong, Gambia, Suriname, Ghana, El Salvador, Benin, (the) Maldives, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, China, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Martinique, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Atlantic, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulu Sea , Tansania, Tasman Sea, Thailand, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Timor, Timor Sea, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, U.S., Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 

Sea depth:

1 - 2014 Meter 

Size:

up to 2440.94" (6200 cm) 

Weight:

1 Tonnen 

Temperature:

28.4 °F - 82.4 °F (-2°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Sepia, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Mesoplodon bidens
• Mesoplodon bowdoini
• Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
• 
  Mesoplodon densirostris
  Blainville-Schnabelwal
• 
  Mesoplodon europaeus
  Gervais-Zweizahnwal, Europäischer Schnabelwal
• Mesoplodon ginkgodens
• Mesoplodon grayi
• Mesoplodon hectori
• Mesoplodon hotaula
• Mesoplodon layardii
• Mesoplodon mirus
• Mesoplodon perrini
• Mesoplodon peruvianus
• Mesoplodon stejnegeri
• Mesoplodon traversii
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-06-12 11:36:19 

Last edit:

2020-04-07 16:13:09 

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