🐟Capelin
毛鱗魚（學名：Mallotus villosus），胡瓜魚目胡瓜魚科的其中一種，與柳葉魚同為常見的多春鱼。毛鱗魚是在大西洋和北冰洋出現的小型被捕食魚類。在夏季在冰架的邊緣密集成群的吃浮游生物。更大的毛鱗魚也吃大量的磷蝦和其他甲殼類動物。特別是在毛鱗魚的產卵季節，它向南洄游時，鯨魚，海豹，鱈魚，魷魚，鯖魚，白鯨和海鳥都捕食毛鱗魚。毛鱗魚在2-6歲時產卵於海灘沙底，此时其具有極高的死亡率，雄性接近100％。雄魚達到20厘米長，而雌魚則達25厘米長。他們背側橄欖色，兩側遮光銀色。華人地區常吃的喜相逢即為此魚，而非柳葉魚，因是源自毛鱗魚日文樺太柳葉魚的誤用。 其种加词“villosus”意为“被毛的”。
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Mallotus villosus yet.
- 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
Everything we know about the Capelin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.05 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.15 mrecord 0.2 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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By sex
- Female0.25 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan10 yearsrecord 10 years · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level3.15FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.15 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderOsmeriformes
- ›familyOsmeridae
- ›genusMallotus
- ›speciesMallotus villosus
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderOsmeriformes
- genusMallotus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderOsmeriformes
- genusMallotus
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