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Lagenorhynchus australis   (Peale, 1848)

Peale's dolphin

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Delphinidae

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

Pelagic.  Temperate; 0°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 216 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); max. published weight: 115.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Coastal animals, found in bays and inlets, around islands and over the continental shelf; frequently seen close to shore and sometimes shoreward of kelp beds. Feeds on octopus, róbalo (snooks, family Centropomidae) and pejerrey (silversides, family Atherinidae) (Ref. 1394). Coastal animals, found in bays and inlets, around islands and over the continental shelf; frequently seen close to shore and sometimes shoreward of kelp beds. Feeds on octopus, róbalo (snooks, family Centropomidae) and pejerrey (silversides, family Atherinidae) (Ref. 1394).

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 July 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

Human uses

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

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; 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): 6.4 - 15.6, mean 10.5 (based on 438 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.