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Delphinapterus leucas beluga

Delphinapterus leucas is commonly referred to as beluga. Difficulty in the aquarium: Non adatto agli acquari!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
5021 
AphiaID:
137115 
Scientific:
Delphinapterus leucas 
German:
Belugawal 
English:
Beluga 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Monodontidae (Family) > Delphinapterus (Genus) > leucas (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pallas, ), 1776 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), European Coasts, Greenland, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, USA 
Sea depth:
0 - 350 Meter 
Size:
161.42" - 216.54" (410cm - 550cm) 
Weight:
1.6 Tonnen 
Temperature:
28.4 °F - 53.6 °F (-2°C - 12°C) 
Food:
Big fish, Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Sepia, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Non adatto agli acquari! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix I (trade generally prohibited)) 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-01 17:45:30 

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(Pallas, 1776)

Found in shallow coastal waters, but they do move into deep, offshore waters at times; They also enter estuaries and rivers.
Feeds on various species of fish, a wide variety of mollusks and benthic invertebrates. They feed mostly on or near the bottom.
Found in shallow coastal waters, but they do move into deep, offshore waters at times; They also enter estuaries and rivers.
Feeds on various species of fish, a wide variety of mollusks and benthic invertebrates.
They feed mostly on or near the bottom.

Synonyms:
Balaena albicans Muller, 1776 (synonym)
Beluga angustata Cope, 1866 (synonym)
Beluga borealis Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
Beluga canadensis J. A. Allen, 1869 (synonym)
Beluga catodon Gray, 1846 (synonym)
Beluga concreta Cope, 1865 (synonym)
Beluga declivis Cope, 1865 (synonym)
Beluga glacialis Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
Beluga kingii Gray, 1846 (synonym)
Beluga rhinodon Cope, 1865 (synonym)
Catodon albicans Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
Catodon candicans Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
Catodon sibbaldi Fleming, 1828 (synonym)
Cephalorhynchus hectori albus Kerr, 1792 (synonym)
Delphinapterus beluga Lacepede, 1804 (synonym)
Delphinapterus catodon Goode, 1884 (synonym)
Delphinapterus dorofeevi Klumov & Barabash, 1935 (synonym)
Delphinapterus freimani Klumov, 1935 (synonym)
Delphinapterus kingi Ogilby, 1893 (synonym)
Delphinus (Delphinapterus) kingii Gray, 1827 (synonym)
Delphinus albians Nilsson, 1820 (synonym)
Delphinus albicans Fabricius, 1780 (synonym)
Delphinus canadensis Desmarest, 1822 (synonym)
Delphinus leucas Pallas, 1776 (basionym)
Delphinus leucaster Gray, 1821 (synonym)
Delphinus phocaena albus Kerr, 1792 (synonym)
Inia canadensis Gray, 1846 (synonym)
Physeter macrocephalus albicans Kerr, 1792 (synonym)

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