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Thymallus thymallus, the grayling or European grayling, [3] is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae.It is the only species of the genus Thymallus (the graylings) native to Europe, where it is widespread from the United Kingdom and France to the Ural Mountains in Russia, and Balkans on the south-east, but does not occur in the southern parts of the continent.
Thymallus, commonly known as graylings, is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish and the only genus within the subfamily Thymallinae of the family Salmonidae.Although all Thymallus species can be generically called graylings, without specific qualification the term "grayling" typically refers to the type species Thymallus thymallus, the European grayling.
The scientific name of the Arctic grayling is Thymallus arcticus.It was named in 1776 by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas from specimens collected in Russia. The name of the genus Thymallus first given to grayling (T. thymallus) described in the 1758 edition of Systema Naturae by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus originates from the faint smell of the herb thyme, which emanates from the flesh.
Fishing was important to the earliest settlers in Scotland, around 7000 BC. At this stage, fishing was a subsistence activity, undertaken only to feed the fisher and their immediate community. By the medieval period, salmon and herring were important resources and were exported to continental Europe, and the towns of the Hanseatic League in ...
Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus Thymallus in the family Salmonidae . European grayling (Thymallus thymallus), the type species of the genus ThymallusArctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
At 98 mi (158 km) [3] it is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom and the second longest [4] and fastest-flowing river in Scotland. (The Tay is the longest with the Clyde third in Scotland. [4] It is an important location for the traditions of salmon fishing and whisky production in Scotland.
The North Sea is Europe's main fishery accounting for over 5% of international commercial fish caught. [1] Fishing in the North Sea is concentrated in the southern part of the coastal waters. The main method of fishing is trawling. [146] In 1995, the total volume of fish and shellfish caught in the North Sea was approximately 3.5 million tonnes ...
Laxford is a remote area in the far Northwest Highlands of Scotland around the River Laxford which runs northwest from Loch Stack to Laxford Bay. This bay is an inlet of Loch Laxford, a sea loch and Special Area of Conservation. The river is well known for its salmon fly fishing, indeed the name "Laxford" derives from the Norse for "salmon ...