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Definition of Capelin

Capelin
Capelin Cape"lin, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo["o]l.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonid[ae], very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also capelan and caplin.] Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884).

Meaning of Capelin from wikipedia

- The capelin or caplin (Mallotus villosus) is a small forage fish of the smelt family found in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic oceans. In...
- USS Capelin (SS-289), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capelin, a small fish of the smelt family...
- Kuchiko [ja] or konoko - sea cu****ber roe. Often dried. Masago (真砂子)- Capelin roe, similar to Tobiko, but smaller. Tarako (たらこ/鱈子) - Salted Alaska pollock...
- since 1987. This recovery was accompanied by a decline of capelin and cod stocks. While the capelin benefited from the reduced fishing, the temperature rise...
- ranging from 0.5 to 0.8 mm. For comparison, tobiko is larger than masago (capelin roe), but smaller than ikura (salmon roe). Natural tobiko has a red-orange...
- animals which are semelparous include mayflies, squid, octopus, smelt, capelin and some amphibians. Semelparity is often ****ociated with r-strategists...
- plankton at the edge of the ice shelf. Larger capelin also eat krill and other crustaceans. The capelin move ins**** in large schools to spawn and migrate...
- plankton at the edge of the ice shelf. Larger capelin also eat krill and other crustaceans. The capelin move ins**** in large schools to spawn and migrate...
- also other small fish, including halfbeaks, silversides, smelt such as capelin and goldband fusiliers. Forage fish compensate for their small size by...
- 15–30%. The diet of the Atlantic cod consists of fish such as herring, capelin (in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean), and sand eels, as well as mollusks, tunicates...