Mallotus villosus

Taxonavigation

Mallotus villosus

Taxonavigation: Osmeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Stomiati Ordo: Osmeriformes Superfamilia: Osmeroidea

Familia: Osmeridae
Genus: Mallotus
Species: Mallotus villosus

Name

Mallotus villosus (O. F. Müller, 1776)

• No types known

Type locality: Iceland.

Synonyms

• Clupea villosa Müller, 1776
• Salmo arcticus Fabricius, 1780
• Salmo catervarius Pennant, 1784
• Salmo villosus Bonnaterre, 1788
• Salmo groenlandicus Bloch, 1794
• Salmo lodde Lacepède, 1803
• Clupea lodna Hermann, 1804
• Salmo socialis Pallas, 1814
• Osmerus microdon Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1848
• Mallotus elongatus Mori, 1930
• Sudis squamosa Chapman, 1939

References

• McNicholl, D.G., Walkusz, W., Davoren, G.K., Majewski, A.R. & Reist, J.D. 2015. Dietary characteristics of co-occurring polar cod (Boreogadus saida) and capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Canadian Arctic, Darnley Bay. Polar Biology. First online: 27 November 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1834-5 Reference page. 
• Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Hallager: Havniae [=Copenhagen]. i–xxxii + 1–282 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Mallotus villosus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

беларуская: Мойва
English: Capelin
magyar: Csuklyás hal, Kapellán lazac
polski: gromadnik
русский: Мойва
Türkçe: Kaplin
中文: 毛鱗魚

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