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SpeciesOsmeriformesOsmeridae
Fish

🐟Capelin

Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776)

Villakuore (Mallotus villosus) on suurissa parvissa elävä kuorekaloihin kuuluva lähinnä kuoretta muistuttava arktinen kalalaji. Se on sukunsa Mallotus ainoa laji. Villakuore aksvaa yleensä enintään noin 20 centtimetrin mittaiseksi ja 40 gramman painoiseksi. Kalan levinneisyysalue on koko Pohjoinen jäämeri. Alalaji villosus elää Atlantin valtameren pohjoisosissa. Jäämerellä erityisen runsaasti kalaa on Newfoundlandin ja Islannin vesillä sekä Barentsinmerellä. Alalaji socialis elää Tyynen valtameren pohjoisosissa Beringinsalmesta etelään Japanin ja Vancouverin seuduille asti. Kalaa on ihmisravinnoksikin käytetty säilöttynä, kalapuikkoina ja sen keltainen ja pienirakeinen mäti on arvostettuakin. Lisäksi villakuoreesta valmistetaan kalajauhoa. Kala on myös oivallinen täky turskanpyynnissä. Hylkeet, valaat ja monet vesilinnut kuten lokit syövät runsaasti villakuoretta, joten sen ekologinen merkitys on suuri.

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≈ 1/1,190th of your weight
Conservation status
Not evaluated

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Key measurements
Body mass
0.05 kg
Body length
0.15 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
10 years
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Everything we know about the Capelin

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.05 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
0.15 mrecord 0.2 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

By sex

  • Female0.25 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan
10 yearsrecord 10 years · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.15
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.15 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Capelin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderOsmeriformes
  4. ›familyOsmeridae
  5. ›genusMallotus
  6. ›speciesMallotus villosus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. subclassNeopterygii
  3. orderOsmeriformes
  4. genusMallotus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderOsmeriformes
  10. genusMallotus
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lodde (nb), Kaplin (tr), Gromadnik (pl), 毛鱗魚 (zh), Capelan (fr), Capelán (es) … and 21 more languages
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