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Mallotus villosus (Capelin; Caplin; White-fish; Tea fish; Roller; Lodde; Cock caplin; Capon; Ceaplin; Capling; Capline; Caplain; Capeling; Capelan; Breakfast fish; Capelan atlantique; Cappelin)

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Wikipedia Abstract

(This article is about the fish. For the plant genus, see Mallotus (plant).) 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 summer, it grazes on dense swarms of plankton at the edge of the ice shelf. Larger capelin also eat a great deal of krill and other crustaceans. Among others, whales, seals, Atlantic cod, Atlantic mackerel, squid and seabirds prey on capelin, in particular during the spawning season of the capelin while it migrates southwards. Capelin spawn on sand/gravel bottoms or on sandy beaches at the age of 2–6 years, and have an extremely high mortality rate on the beaches after spawning, for males close to 100% mortality.Males reach 20 cm (8 in) in length, while females are u
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Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  3 years
Male Maturity [1]  3 years
Maximum Longevity [1]  10 years
Migration [2]  Oceanodromous

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Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Consumers

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