capelin

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q143359
capelin
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Summary

capelin is a taxon[1]. capelin ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,041 views/month, #1,401 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: food[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Mallotus[5]
  • Taxon name: Mallotus villosus[6]
  • Commons category: Mallotus villosus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mallotus villosus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Mallotus villosus[9]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], New International Encyclopedia[12]
  • Short name: M. villosus[13]
  • Taxon common name: Capelin[14], gromadnik[15], Kaplin[16], 毛鱗魚[17], lodde[18]

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Identifiers

capelin's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 165100[19]. capelin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30960[20]. capelin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5214420[21]. capelin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 162035[22].

Why It Matters

capelin has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] capelin is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Mallotus
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon, food
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283353205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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