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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Salmoniformes > Family: Salmonidae > Genus: Thymallus > Species: Thymallus thymallus

European grayling - Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	19 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	coastal marine inlets and transitional waters rivers and lakes
Natura 2000 species code	1109

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
BE33011C0	Belgium	Vallées du Hoyoux et du Triffoy	Map
BE34027C0	Belgium	Bassin de la Lomme de Poix-Saint-Hubert à Grupont	Map
BE34032C0	Belgium	Bassin inférieur de l'Ourthe occidentale	Map
BE34043C0	Belgium	Bassin de la Semois du Maka à Bouillon	Map
BE34048C0	Belgium	Bassin de la Semois de Jamoigne à Chiny	Map
BE35039C0	Belgium	Vallée de la Houille en aval de Gedinne	Map
BE34024C0	Belgium	Bassin inférieur de l'Ourthe orientale	Map
BE34026C0	Belgium	Massif forestier de Daverdisse	Map
BE33017C0	Belgium	Basse vallée de l'Amblève	Map
BE34023C0	Belgium	Vallée de l'Ourthe entre Nisramont et La Roche	Map
BE34002C0	Belgium	Vallée de l'Ourthe entre Bomal et Hamoir	Map
BE32040C0	Belgium	Haute vallée de l'Eau Noire	Map
BE34007C0	Belgium	Basse vallée de l'Aisne	Map
BE35010C0	Belgium	Vallée du Bocq	Map
BE35027C0	Belgium	Vallée de l'Eau Blanche entre Aublain et Mariembourg	Map
BE32047C0	Belgium	Vallée de la Thure	Map
BE34031C0	Belgium	Bassin moyen de l'Ourthe occidentale	Map
BE33065C0	Belgium	Vallée inférieure de l'Our et ses affluents	Map
BE34036C0	Belgium	Haute-Lesse	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex V: animal and plant species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention)	Threatened and/or declining species in the Baltic Sea	http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/species-and-habitats

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
alata	Latvian	Latvian NRC
Asch	German	Fishbase
Äsche	German	Fishbase
European grayling	English	Fishbase
Freskori	Albanian	Fishbase
Grayling	English	Fishbase
Harjus	Finnish	Fishbase
Harr	Norwegian	Fishbase
Harr	Swedish	Fishbase
Kharius	Russian	Fishbase
Kharius obyknovennyi	Russian	Fishbase
Lipan	Bulgarian	Fishbase
Lipan	Romanian	Fishbase
Lipan pohorní	Czech	Fishbase
Lipien europejski	Polish	Fishbase
Ombre	French	Fishbase
Ombre commun	French	Fishbase
Ombre de rivière	French	Fishbase
Ombretta	German	Fishbase
Peixe-sombra	Portuguese	Fishbase
Pénzes pér	Hungarian	Fishbase
Stalling	Danish	Fishbase
Temolo	Italian	Fishbase
Vlagzalm	Dutch	Fishbase

Synonym	Author
Thymallus decorus	Koch, 1840

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
FishBase	FishBase
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Thymallus thymallus	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species

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