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European Grayling

Thymallus thymallus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,422, February 1,789, March 2,802, April 4,409, May 6,357, June 6,932, July 7,417, August 6,379, September 4,683, October 3,496, November 1,910, December 1,493.
United States50,089
Alaska50,089
United Kingdom148
England105
Russia54
Wales39
Germany26
Austria26
Czechia24
Finland21

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSalmons, pikes and mudminnows · Salmoniformes
FamilySalmons, Trouts, and Whitefishes · Salmonidae
GenusGraylings · Thymallus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise European Grayling with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.