AnAge entry for Mallotus villosus
Classification (HAGRID: 04081)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Osmeridae
Genus: Mallotus
- Species
- Mallotus villosus
- Common name
- Capelin
- Synonyms
- Osmerus villosus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Animals commonly die after first spawning [0524].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0585] Rochet et al. (2000), Comparative analysis of phylogenetic and fishing effects in life history patterns of teleost fishes
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0524] Patnaik et al. (1994), Ageing in fishes (PubMed)
- [0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 162035
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30960
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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