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Kamchatka grayling
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kamchatka grayling[2] (Thymallus mertensii) is a grayling in the salmon family Salmonidae. The fish grows up to 50 cm (20 in). It is found in freshwater habitats of the Russian Far East, including the Kamchatka Peninsula, eastern part of Magadan Oblast and northwards to the southern Chukchi Peninsula.[3][4] [5][6]
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Kamchatka grayling | |
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Kamchatka grayling caught by an angler | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Thymallus |
Species: | T. mertensii |
Binomial name | |
Thymallus mertensii Valenciennes, 1848 | |
Synonyms | |
Thymallus arcticus mertensi (Valenciennes, 1848) |
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