Arctic grayling: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Arctic grayling lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Thymallus arcticus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Salmoniformes
Family	Salmonidae

Where does the Arctic grayling live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Arctic grayling in 3 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Arctic grayling endangered?

The Arctic grayling’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Arctic grayling?

The Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Salmoniformes and the family Salmonidae, genus Thymallus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Arctic grayling

The Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae. T. arcticus is widespread throughout 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 introduced population is found in the Lee Valley and other lakes in the White Mountains. They were also stocked at Toppings Lake by the Teton Range and in lakes in the high Uinta Mountains in Utah, as well as alpine lakes of the Boulder Mountains (Idaho) in central Idaho.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Arctic grayling (revision 1360991539), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q81014 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).