Eubalaena australis Southern right whale

Eubalaena australis is commonly referred to as Southern right whale. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11840 

AphiaID:

220222 

Scientific:

Eubalaena australis 

German:

Südkaper, Südlicher Glattwal 

English:

Southern Right Whale 

Category:

Däggdjur 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Balaenidae (Family) > Eubalaena (Genus) > australis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Desmoulins, ), 1822 

Occurrence:

Zirkumpolar, Antarctica, Argentina, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Indian Ocean, Kerguelen Islands, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, New South Wales (Australia), Peru, South Atlantic, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetlands Island , South-Africa, Tasman Sea, the Falkland Islands, the Kermadec Islands, Uruguay, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 400 Meter 

Size:

669.29" - 708.66" (1700cm - 1800cm) 

Weight:

80 kg 

Temperature:

-0,8 °F - 25,8 °F (-0,8°C - 25,8°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix I (trade generally prohibited)) 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Eubalaena australis
  Südkaper, Südlicher Glattwal
• 
  Eubalaena glacialis
  Atlantischer Nordkaper, Nördlicher Glattwal
• 
  Eubalaena japonica
  Pazifischer Nordkaper

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-12-12 17:53:14 

Last edit:

2020-04-05 21:41:53 

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