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Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776)

Capelin
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Capelin, Moiva, Moyva
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Found from Cape Nizkiy on the Korak Coast (northeast of Cape Olyutorksi) north throughout the Anadyr Gulf in western Bering Sea, northeast of Cape Lisburne in the Chukchi Sea south throughout eastern Bering Sea. Southeastern Sakhalin, Kamchatka (Ref. 37812), northern Primor'ye shelf (Ref. 45905). Often entering brackish and freshwater (Ref. 37812). Also Ref. 6885, 276, 6793, 27436, 27683, 123027. nEurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Capelan, Capelán, Мойва, ... more

分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Osmeriformes (Freshwater smelts) 胡瓜魚目 (Freshwater smelts) > Osmeridae (Smelts) 胡瓜魚科 (Smelts)
Etymology: Mallotus: Greek for fleecy, derived from mallos = wool, and -otus = a Greek adjectival suffix referring to property; referring to the shape of the scales along the side of breeding males, appearing hairy or fleecy (S.Kullander, pers. Comm.).;  villosus: From the Latin 'villosus' meaning hairy - refers to the rough extruded scales on spawning males..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學

海洋; 淡水; 半鹹淡水; 溯河洄游 (Ref. 46888); 深度上下限 0 - 725 m (Ref. 58426), usually ? - 200 m (Ref. 96339).   極; 84°N - 37°N, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 54574)

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