Mallotus villosus, Capelin : fisheries

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Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776)

Capelin
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Common names from other countries

Capelan, Capelán, Мойва, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Osmeriformes (Freshwater smelts) > Osmeridae (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.).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range Écologie

marin; eau douce; saumâtre pelagic-oceanic; anadrome (Ref. 46888); profondeur 0 - 725 m (Ref. 58426), usually ? - 200 m (Ref. 96339). Polar; 84°N - 37°N, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 54574)

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Circumpolar in the Arctic. North Atlantic: Barents Sea up to Bear Island, in the White and Norwegian seas, off the coast of Greenland up to 74°N and from Hudson Bay in Canada to Gulf of Maine, USA. North Pacific: south to Korea and Juan de Fuca Strait, Canada.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturité: Lm 13.3, range 15 - 19 cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 11626); 25.2 cm TL (female); common length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4645); poids max. publié: 52.00 g (Ref. 56475); âge max. reporté: 10 années (Ref. 72498)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10 - 14; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 16 - 23; Vertèbres: 62 - 73. Adipose with long base, about 1.5 times as long as the orbit or longer, outer margin only slightly curved (Ref. 6885). Olive green on dorsal surface, merging into silvery on sides and ventral surface (Ref. 6885).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Oceanic species found in schools (Ref. 2850). Nerito-pelagic (Ref. 58426); however, reported at 1086 m Davis Strait to southern Baffin Bay (Ref. 120413). Adults feed on planktonic crustaceans, copepods, euphausiids, amphipods, marine worms, and small fishes (Ref. 6885, 35388). Mature individuals move inshore in large schools to spawn (Ref. 2850). In the spring large spawning shoals migrate toward the coasts, males usually arrive first. Often entering brackish and freshwater (Ref. 37812). Semelparous (Ref. 51846). Produces 6,000-12,000 adhesive eggs. Females are valued for their roe, males are utilized as fishmeal. Marketed canned and frozen; eaten fried and dried (Ref. 9988). Possibly to 725 m depth (Ref. 6793).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Reproductive strategy: synchronous ovarian organization, determinate fecundity (Ref. 51846). Experimental testing suggests facultative semelparity, with offshore-spawning capelin being absolute semelparous (death of both genders) and beach-spawning capelin being iteroparous irrespective of sex (Ref. 92136). Also Ref. 92150.

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: hautement commercial
FAO - pêcheries: landings, Résumé espèce; Publication: search | FIRMS - Stock assessments | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Réf. 123201): 0.3 - 7.1, mean 2.7 °C (based on 956 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00363 (0.00291 - 0.00454), b=3.21 (3.14 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278):  3.2   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Réf. 120179):  Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.3-0.5; tm=3; tmax=10; Fec=6,000).
Prior r = 0.62, 95% CL = 0.41 - 0.94, Based on 5 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 61.5 [23.6, 173.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.789 [0.272, 2.351] mg/100g; Protein = 16.4 [15.2, 17.5] %; Omega3 = 0.546 [0.230, 1.330] g/100g; Selenium = 13.4 [4.3, 35.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 21.6 [4.0, 119.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.682 [0.407, 1.150] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.