(DRAFT) - Taxonomy
Species whale, Bryde's
Species Id M120002
Date 26 AUG 96
TAXONOMY
NAME - whale, Bryde's
OTHER COMMON NAMES -
ELEMENT CODE - 03/14/84
AOU CODE - 04/26/85
CATEGORY - Marine Mammals
PHYLUM AND SUBPHYLUM - Chordata,
CLASS AND SUBCLASS - Mammalia, Theria
ORDER AND SUBORDER - Cetacea, Mysticeti
FAMILY AND SUBFAMILY - Balaenopteridae,
GENUS AND SUBGENUS - Balaenoptera,
SPECIES AND SSP - edeni,
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Balaenoptera edeni
AUTHORITY - Anderson 1878
TAXONOMY REFERENCES - 1043
Taxonomy - 1 (DRAFT) - Status
Species whale, Bryde's
Species Id M120002
Date 26 AUG 96
STATUS
Coded Status
Marine Mammal
REFERENCES FOR STATUS - 1029
Status - 1 (DRAFT) - Distribution
Species whale, Bryde's
Species Id M120002
Date 26 AUG 96
DISTRIBUTION
References on County Occurrence - AO1
REFERENCES FOR OTHER DISTRIBUTION - G
Distribution - 1 HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS
HABITAT - Aquatic
REFERENCES FOR HABITAT - 1033
LAND USE -
Water
Atlantic Ocean Coastal Waters
REFERENCES FOR LAND USE - 1033
NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY CODES
NWI NWICLS NWIMOD NWISPEC
Marine, subtidal OW0
REFERENCES FOR NWI - 1033
Habitat Associations - 1 (DRAFT) - Food Habits
Species whale, Bryde's
Species Id M120002
Date 26 AUG 96
FOOD HABITS
TROPHIC LEVEL -
Carnivore
REFERENCES FOR TROPHIC LEVEL - 1043, 1033 and 1025
LIFESTAGE FOOD FOOD PART
General Animals Not Applicable
General Crustaceans Adult stage
General Chondrichthyes Not Applicable
General Osteichthyes Not Applicable
General Clupeiformes Adult stage
General Animals Adult stage
General See Comments; Food See Comments
Important Osteichthyes Not Applicable
Important See Comments; Food See Comments
REFERENCES FOR GENERAL FOOD - 1043 and 1025
REFERENCES FOR IMPORTANT FOOD - 1043
COMMENTS ON FOOD -
Eats mostly small schooling fish, including sardines,
mackerel, anchovies and clupiid fishes *1043*
Food Habits - 1 (DRAFT) - Environment Associations
Species whale, Bryde's
Species Id M120002
Date 26 AUG 96
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS
G = General A = Adult
LIM = Limiting RA = Resting Adult
J = Juvenile FA = Feeding Adult
RJ = Resting Juvenile BA = Breeding Adult
FJ = Feeding Juvenile P = Pupae
L = Larvae E = Egg
RL = Resting Larvae
FL = Feeding Larvae
LIFESTAGE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS
G Water Temperature: Specified in Comments
G Aquatic Habitat Zonation: Open water [pelagic zone]
LIM Water Temperature: Specified in Comments
REFERENCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC_ - 1043, 1033 and 1025
REFERENCES FOR LIMITING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC_ - 1043 and 1025
COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS -
00020S=limited to warm water, rarely found north of 40
degrees latitude *1043*
Environment Associations - 1 (DRAFT) - Life History
Species whale, Bryde's
Species Id M120002
Date 26 AUG 96
LIFE HISTORY
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: length = 40-50 feet; three ridges
along the head anterior to the blow hole; dorsal fin is about 18 inches
and more than 1/3 forward from the tail; color is dark grey *1043,1025*;
REPRODUCTION: breeds all year; sexual maturity is at 12 months for males
and 12.5 months for females *1043,1044*; BEHAVIOR: feeds in warm water
and dives deeper than other whales to feed *1043*; ORIGIN: native
*1043*; LIMITING FACTORS: lives in warm water *1043,1025*;
REFERENCES FOR LIFE HISTORY- 1043, 1025 and 1044
Life History - 1 (DRAFT) - Management Practices
Species whale, Bryde's
Species Id M120002
Date 26 AUG 96
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
RESULT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
Beneficial Prohibiting harvest of species being described
Beneficial Regulating harvest of species being described
Beneficial Public education - law enforcement
Existing Prohibiting harvest of species being described
Existing Regulating harvest of species being described
Existing Public education - law enforcement
REFERENCES FOR BENEFICIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - 1048 and 1034
REFERENCES FOR EXISTING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - 1034 and 1048
Management Practices - 1 (DRAFT) - References
Species whale, Bryde's
Species Id M120002
Date 26 AUG 96
References
1025* Allen, K. R. 1980. Conservation and Management of Whales.
Washington Sea Grant Univ. Washington Press, Seattle:220.
1029* (ed.). Checklist of Virginia marine mammals. Virginia
Assoc. Res. Campus 12.
1033* Gunderson, H.L. 1976. Mammalogy. McGraw-Hill Inc. New
York, N.Y:117-120.
1034* Serv., National Marine Fisheries. 1972. Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972. (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407, 8h. stat. 1027
(1972)).
1043* Schmidly, D.J. 1981. Marine mammals of the southeastern
United States and the Gulf of Mexico. (41). U.S. Fish and Wildl.
Serv., Off. Biol. Serv. Washington, D.C:163.
1044* Slijper, E.J. 1979. Whales. Cornell Univ. Press Ithica,
N.Y:384-385.
1048* Serv., National Marine Fisheries. 1981. Marine mammal
protection act of 1972. Annual report.. U.S. Dep. Comm., Natl.
Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. Washington, D.C:143.
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