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Arctic Grayling(Thymallus arcticus) |
The arctic grayling averages lengths of 12 and 15 inches, with weights of 1 to 3 pounds. Its back is purple to blueish black or blue-gray with iridescence sides of pink, with many V-shaped or diamond shaped spots. It also has an iridescence head colored in olives and mauve. During spawning season the colors become much more definite (male brighter than female).
Arctic grayling inhabit the clear, cold streams of the northern wilderness. These fish primarily inhabit arctic areas as far west as the Kara and Ob rivers in Russia and east to the western shores of Hudson Bay in Canada. Michigan and Montana have seen large numbers of grayling decline because of other introduced species and poor fish management.
Grayling primarily feed on aquatic insects such as stone flies, mayflies and caddis flies. This survivor will also feed upon salmon eggs and smolt, as well as small rodents.
Just as salmon do, grayling make an upstream migration in spring to spawning grounds of its own birth place. Like salmon, grayling faithfully return every year to the same spawning and feeding areas. Spawning begins for the first time at an age of 4 or 5 years old (11 to 12 inches in length). Early fall is when the grayling again begins a non-rushed downstream migration to reach wintering areas.
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