Thymallus yaluensis
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Thymallus |
Species: | T. yaluensis
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Binomial name | |
Thymallus yaluensis T. Mori, 1928
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Thymallus yaluensis, also known as Yalu grayling, is a putative species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Thymallus (graylings) of the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to the upper Yalu River on the China-North Korea border.[1]
Description
[edit]Thymallus yaluensis is a small fish, with a maximum recorded length of 20 cm (7.9 in).[1] It is renowned in Korea for having "the most beautiful form and fins of a freshwater fish".[1]
Taxonomy dispute
[edit]Some confusion exists regarding the identity of T. yaluensis, as it closely resembles the Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in form and has often been treated as a subspecies (T. a. yaluensis).[2] However, FishBase recognizes it as an independent species.[1] According to mitochondrial DNA, T. yaluensis is, however, inseparable from the Amur grayling (Thymallus grubii), and was suggested to be a junior synonym of that.[3] Confusingly, it has also been reported from widely separate regions including Siberia, the Alps in Europe, and the northern Mississippi River drainage in North America.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thymallus yaluensis". Fishbase. April 2015 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer W (2015) yaluensis, Thymallus Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences.
- ^ MA Bo, HUO Tang-Bin, JIANG Zuo-Fa (2008) Thymallus arcticus yaluensis is a synonym of T. grubii by mitochondrial control region sequences analysis. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 33 (2)