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Thymallus arcticus
(arctic grayling)

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Thymallus arcticus (arctic grayling)

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Summary

  • Last modified
  • 20 November 2019
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Threatened Species
  • Host Animal
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Thymallus arcticus
  • Preferred Common Name
  • arctic grayling
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •   Kingdom: Metazoa
  •     Phylum: Chordata
  •       Subphylum: Vertebrata
  •         Class: Actinopterygii
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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Thymallus arcticus

Preferred Common Name

  • arctic grayling

Other Scientific Names

  • Coregonus signifer Richardson, 1823
  • Coregonus thymalloides Richardson, 1823
  • Salmo arcticus Pallas, 1776
  • Salmo signifer (Richardson, 1823)
  • Salmo thymalloides (Richardson, 1823)
  • Thymallus arcticus arcticus (Pallas, 1776)
  • Thymallus arcticus brevipinnis Svedovidov, 1931
  • Thymallus arcticus pallasi (non Valenciennes, 1848)
  • Thymallus brevipinnis Svedovidov, 1931
  • Thymallus montanus Milner, 1874
  • Thymallus pallasii (non Valenciennes, 1848)
  • Thymallus signifer (Richardson, 1823)
  • Thymallus signifer tricolor (Cope, 1865)
  • Thymallus tricolor Cope, 1865
  • Thymallus tricolor montanus (Milner, 1874)
  • Thymalus ontariensis Valenciennes, 1848

International Common Names

  • English: american grayling; arctic trout; back's grayling; bluefish; grayling; sailfin arctic grayling; siberian grayling; west Siberian grayling
  • French: ombre arctique; poisson bleu
  • Russian: kharius sibirskiy; sibirskii kharius

Local Common Names

  • Canada: kewlook powak; sulukpaugaq; sulukpauvak; tchulupa
  • Canada/British Columbia: k'wsech
  • Denmark: stalling
  • Finland: harjus; pohjanharjus
  • Germany: Arktische Äsche
  • Italy: temolo
  • Netherlands: vlagzalm
  • Norway: harr
  • Poland: lipien syberyjski
  • Sweden: harr
  • USA/Alaska: sulukpauga; sulukpaugaq; sulupaugak
  • Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): lipen

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Metazoa
  •         Phylum: Chordata
  •             Subphylum: Vertebrata
  •                 Class: Actinopterygii
  •                     Order: Salmoniformes
  •                         Family: Salmonidae
  •                             Genus: Thymallus
  •                                 Species: Thymallus arcticus

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 10 Jan 2020
Continent/Country/Region Distribution Last Reported Origin First Reported Invasive Reference Notes

Asia

ChinaPresentNative
MongoliaPresentNative

Europe

CzechiaPresentIntroduced
RussiaPresentNative
SlovakiaPresentIntroduced

North America

CanadaPresentNative
-British ColumbiaPresentNative
United StatesPresentNative
-AlaskaPresentNative

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Distribution References

Froese R, Pauly D, 2004. FishBase. http://www.fishbase.org

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