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Definition of Mallotus villosus

Mallotus villosus
Mallotus Mal*lo"tus, n. [NL., fr Gr. ? fleecy.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod.
Mallotus villosus
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 Mallotus villosus 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...
- to commercially farm the fish in ****an. In recent years capelin (Mallotus villosus) has appeared on the market with the name "Kara****o shishamo." "Spirinchus...
- puffins seemed more flexible and when the staple forage fish capelin (Mallotus villosus) declined in availability, they were able to adapt and feed the chicks...
- 27.5 mm 1.78 mm 8.0 g (until 1996) 6.9 g (from 1996) Four capelin (Mallotus villosus) 1984 50 kr. 23 mm 2.6 mm 8.25 g Nickel br**** 70% Cu, 24.5% Zn, 5...
- Supplemental Information Vilhjálmsson, H (October 2002). "Capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Iceland–East Greenland–Jan Mayen ecosystem". ICES Journal...
- Harald (November 2013). "Polar cod ( Boreogadus saida ) and capelin ( Mallotus villosus ) as key species in marine food webs of the Arctic and the Barents...
- the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) and in spring by capelin (Mallotus villosus), Atlantic herrings, krill and ctenop****s in spring. It is a gregarious...
- H. (1998). "The po****tion biology and exploitation of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Barents Sea". Sarsia. 83 (6): 453–496. doi:10.1080/00364827...
- reported fish eaten in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland were capelin (Mallotus villosus), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic tomcod (Microgadus tomcod)...
- the Barents Sea. Where common prey items include krill, capelin (Mallotus villosus), herring (Clupea harengus), flat fish and Gadiform fish. Harp seals...