Mammal · toothed whale

Arnoux’s beaked whale

Berardius arnuxii

PacificAtlanticIndianSouthernArctic Found in 4 oceans

Depth

Deep diver, dives of more than an hour

Size

Up to 9.75 m

Diet

Deep-sea squid, including the giant warty squid, and fish

Zone

Sunlit zone · 0 – 200 m

Key facts

• Males and females have 4 teeth at the tip of the lower jaw, visible even with the mouth closed.
• Its body is often covered with long scars.
• It lives in groups of 6 to 10, sometimes up to 80.
• It could live up to about 80 years.

Verified sources

1. OBIS-SEAMAP (Duke University) : Arnoux’s beaked whale
2. Wikipédia : Arnoux’s beaked whale (point de départ, régime d’après Genelt-Yanovskiy et al. 2025)

In the game: To observe

In the same zone

Sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalus OrcaOrcinus orca Cuvier’s beaked whaleZiphius cavirostris Southern elephant sealMirounga leonina Leatherback sea turtleDermochelys coriacea Emperor penguinAptenodytes forsteri