What is "mallotus"

Mallotus \Mal*lo"tus\, n. [NL., fr Gr. ? fleecy.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin ( Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod.

Mallotus may refer to:

• Mallotus (fish), a fish genus in the family Osmeridae
• Mallotus (plant), a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae

Mallotus is a genus of the spurge family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1790. Two species ( M. oppositifolius and M. subulatus) are found in tropical Africa and Madagascar. All the other species are found in East, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, eastern Australia, and certain islands of the western Pacific.