Balaenoptera bertae (SciiFii)

The pygmy sei whale (Balaenoptera bertae) is a species of baleen whale that originally lived from 3.35–2.5 Mya during the Pliocene in the region of today's San Francisco Bay Area and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced throughout the Californian Great Barrier Reef to help boost biodiversity. The pygmy sei whale is one of the smallest non-cetothere baleen whales, with the length of 5 to 6 metres (16 to 20 feet), it is slightly smaller than the minke whale. Pygmy sei whales are largely ichthyophagous, primarily feeding on small schooling fish, demersal fish, and krill, but their diet also includes pelagic crustaceans and cephalopods and varies by region, season, and year. Pygmy sei whales are sexually mature at about six to eight years of age for females and about six to seven years for males. Females are promiscuous. After a gestation period of 10 months, a single 2.4 meters (7.8 feet) calf is born. The conservation status of the pygmy sei whale is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the pygmy sei whale's wide range.
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