Capelin

Mallotus villosus (Müller 1776)

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Mallotus villosus (Capelin) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family smelts. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals are known to live for 10 years.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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EOL has data for 18 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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25.2 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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beach
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000091
- Definition: A landform consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobble, or even shell fragments along the shoreline of a body of water.
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harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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Russia
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2017370
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Laminiscus gussevi (Bychowsky & Polyansky 1953) Pálsson & Beverely-B
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Eubothrium parvum Nybelin 1922
onset of fertility
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0002683
- Definition: The age at which an organism develops the ability to produce live offspring.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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1095 days
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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10 years
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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0 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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-2.072 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Capelin. View this species on GBIF

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