WoRMS taxon details
Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776)
AphiaID: 126735
AphiaID: 126735
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Osmeriformes (Order) > Osmeridae (Family) > Mallotus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Mallotus Cuvier, 1829 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Clupea villosa Müller, 1776 Mallotus catervarius (Pennant, 1784) Mallotus villosus catervarius (Pennant, 1784) Mallotus villosus socialis (Pallas, 1814) Salmo catervarius Pennant, 1784 Salmo socialis Pallas, 1814 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Mallotus villosus catervarius (Pennant, 1784) accepted as Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) Subspecies Mallotus villosus socialis (Pallas, 1814) accepted as Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Beaufort Sea [details] British Columbia [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details] Davis Strait [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 18 [details] FAO fishing area 21 [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hudson Bay [details] Hudson Strait [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ungava Bay [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (61 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (365 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (289 nucleotides; 264 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on crustaceans, copepods, euphausians, amphipods and small fishes [details] Distribution: Hudson Bay to Gulf of Maine [details] Habitat: Found in cold, deep waters, an oceanic species which moves instream to spawn. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Scientific- Fishmeal, highly commercial [details] Predators: Redfishes, Atlantic cod, haddock, Atlantic herring, flounders, dogfish, sculpins and eelpout [details] Reproduction: Spawning begins in June at 3 years of age [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126735 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126735 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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