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SpeciesOsmeriformesOsmeridae
Fish

🐟Capelin

Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776)

열빙어(熱氷魚, Mallotus villosus) 또는 캐펄린(capelin)은 대서양, 태평양, 북극해에서 볼 수 있는 바다빙어과에 속하는 사료어이다. 여름에는 빙붕 모퉁이의 뺵빽한 플랑크톤떼를 먹는다. 더 큰 열빙어는 상당한 양의 크릴과 기타 갑각류를 먹는다. 그 중 웨일, 기각류, 대서양대구, 대서양고등어, 살오징어목, 바닷새가 먹이이며 특히 남쪽으로 이주 중의 산란 기간 중에 그러하다. 열빙어는 2~6세가 되면 모래와 자갈 아래, 모래 해변에 알을 낳으며 산란 후 해변에서 극히 높은 사망율을 보인다. (수컷의 경우 100%에 가깝다) 수컷의 길이는 20 센티미터이며 암컷은 최대 25.2센티미터에 이른다. 등은 올리브색을 띄고 측면은 회색으로 옅어진다. 수컷은 몸 측면에 불투명한 빛깔의 튀어나온 부분이 있다. 수컷의 배 부분은 알을 낳는 시기에 무지갯빛을 띈다.

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

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Mallotus villosus yet.

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

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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

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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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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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Family tree

  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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