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Arctic Grayling

Fish

The Arctic grayling is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae. Thymallus arcticus is widespread through the Arctic and Pacific drainages of Canada, Alaska and Siberia, as well as the upper Missouri River drainage in Montana, and introduced populations exist in Arizona's White Mountains, at Toppings Lake near the Teton Range, in Utah's high Uinta Mountains, and in alpine lakes of Idaho's Boulder Mountains. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 1
Scientific Name
Thymallus arcticus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Salmonidae, Taxa
Source Arctic Grayling (Wikidata)

In Biome

River, Biomes
Source Arctic grayling (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Arctic Ocean, Ecosystems
Source Arctic grayling (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Canada

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Czechia

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Germany

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North America

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Russia

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United States

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Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Thymallus arcticus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Primary Diet, Thymallus arcticus
    Primary Diet carnivore carnivore
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
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2. Arctic grayling (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae.
  • Range
    Lake dwelling forms of Arctic grayling have been introduced in suitable lake habitats throughout the Rocky Mountains including lakes in the Teton Range in Wyoming, central Idaho and the high Uinta Mountains in Utah, Cascade Mountains and Sierra Nevada Mountains as far south as Arizona.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: River, Wikipedia intro: "hout the Arctic and Pacific drainages in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia, as well as the upper Missouri River drainage in Montana. In the U.S. state of Arizona, an..."
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3. Arctic Grayling (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q81014 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Salmonidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Thymallus arcticus
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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