Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; 25.2 cm TL (female); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; max. published weight: 52.0 g; max. reported age: 10 years
Polar; 79°N - 40°N, 180°W - 180°E
Distribution
Circumpolar in the Arctic. North Atlantic: Barents Sea up to Bear Island, in the White and Norwegian seas, off the coast of Greenland up to 74°N and from Hudson Bay in Canada to Gulf of Maine, USA. North Pacific: south to Korea and Juan de Fuca Strait, Canada.
Short description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 23; Vertebrae: 62 - 73. Adipose with long base, about 1.5 times as long as the orbit or longer, outer margin only slightly curved. Olive green on dorsal surface, merging into silvery on sides and ventral surface.
Biology
Oceanic species found in schools. Nerito-pelagic. Adults feed on planktonic crustaceans, copepods, euphausiids, amphipods, marine worms, and small fishes. Mature individuals move inshore in large schools to spawn. In the spring large spawning shoals migrate toward the coasts, males usually arrive first. Often entering brackish and freshwater. Semelparous. Produces 6,000-12,000 adhesive eggs. Females are valued for their roe, males are utilized as fishmeal. Marketed canned and frozen; eaten fried and dried. Possibly to 725 m depth
Common names:
Common name/ Language/ Country
Cikeq Alutiiq Alaska
Iqalluaq Alutiiq Alaska
Lodde Danish -
Lodde Danish Denmark
Lodde Dutch -
Lodde Dutch Netherlands
Breakfast fish English Can Newfounl
Capelan English Can Newfounl
Capelin English -
Capelin English Alaska
Capelin English Can Br Colum
Capelin English Can Newfounl
Capelin English Canada
Capelin English Russian Fed
Capelin English UK
Capelin English USA
Capeling English Can Newfounl
Caplain English Can Newfounl
Caplin English -
Caplin English Can Newfounl
Capline English Can Newfounl
Capling English Can Newfounl
Capon English Can Newfounl
Ceaplin English Can Newfounl
Cock caplin English Can Newfounl
Lodde English UK
Roller English Can Newfounl
Tea fish English Can Newfounl
Moiva Estonian Estonia
White-fish English Can Newfounl
Lodna Faroese Faeroe Is
Lodnasild Faroese Faeroe Is
Lodnusild Faroese Faeroe Is
Villakuore Finnish Finland
Capelan French -
Capelan French Can Quebec
Capelan French Canada
Capelan French France
Capelan atlantique French -
Capelan atlantique French France
Capelin German Germany
Kapelan German -
Lodde German -
Lodde German Germany
Ammassak Greenlandic Greenland
Gaaydaa Haida Can Br Colum
Loðna Icelandic Iceland
Agmagiak Inuktitut Canada
Amagiak Inuktitut Canada
Angmaggeuck Inuktitut Canada
Angmagsaat Inuktitut Greenland
Angmagsak Inuktitut Greenland
Anmugrun Inuktitut Alaska
Axmagiaq Inuktitut Canada
Holili-gah Inuktitut Canada
Ko le le kuk Inuktitut Can Newfounl
Kurdliliyak Inuktitut Canada
Nulilighuk Inuktitut Can Quebec
Nulilighuk Inuktitut Canada
Qoliiligaq Inuktitut Can Quebec
Qoliiligaq Inuktitut Canada
Qulilirraq Inuktitut Canada
Cappelin Italian -
Karafuto-shishamo Japanese Japan
열빙어 Korean Korea Rep
太平洋毛鱗魚 Mandarin Chinese China Main
太平洋毛鳞鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Main
毛鱗魚 Mandarin Chinese China Main
毛鳞鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Main
Lodde Norwegian Norway
Gromadnik Polish Poland
Capelim Portuguese -
Capelim Portuguese Portugal
Capelin Rumanian Romania
мойва Russian Russian Fed
Capelán Spanish -
Capelán Spanish Spain
Capelin Spanish Spain
Lodda Swedish Sweden
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