WoRMS taxon details
Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
154375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154375)
accepted
Species
Salmo punctatus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Salmo striatus Reisinger, 1830 · unaccepted
Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo thymus Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted
Thymallus aeliani Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Thymallus decorus Koch, 1840 · unaccepted
Thymallus eliani Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted
Thymallus gymnogaster Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted
Thymallus gymnothorax Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted
Thymallus thymallus kamensis Lukash, 1929 · unaccepted
Thymallus thymallus lacustris Balon, 1962 · unaccepted
Thymallus umbrosa Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted
Thymallus vexillifer Fitzinger, 1832 · unaccepted
Thymallus vexillifer Perty, 1832 · unaccepted
Thymallus vulgaris Nilsson, 1832 · unaccepted
Thymalus gymnogaster Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Thymalus gymnothorax Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Subspecies Thymallus thymallus lacustris Balon, 1962 accepted as Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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(of Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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(of Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154375 on 2026-02-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Salmo thymus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 167, Pl. 53 (fig. 202) [details]
original description (of Thymallus vexillifer Perty, 1832) Perty, J. A. M. (1832). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fauna Monacensis. <em>Isis (Oken).</em> v. 25 (no. 7): 712-733. [details]
original description (of Thymallus vulgaris Nilsson, 1832) Nilsson, S. (1832). Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. <em>Lundae.</em> i-iv + 1-124. [details]
original description (of Thymalus gymnogaster Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
original description (of Thymalus gymnothorax Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
original description (of Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Salmo thymus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 167, Pl. 53 (fig. 202) [details]
original description (of Thymallus vexillifer Perty, 1832) Perty, J. A. M. (1832). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fauna Monacensis. <em>Isis (Oken).</em> v. 25 (no. 7): 712-733. [details]
original description (of Thymallus vulgaris Nilsson, 1832) Nilsson, S. (1832). Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. <em>Lundae.</em> i-iv + 1-124. [details]
original description (of Thymalus gymnogaster Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
original description (of Thymalus gymnothorax Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Introduction This species has been introduced or released in Dutch waters. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | losafreskori | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Липанlipаnlipan | [details] |
| Danish | stalling | [details] |
| Dutch | vlagzalmgrayling | [details] |
| English | graylingEuropean grayling | [details] |
| French | ombre de rivièreombre communombre | [details] |
| German | OmbrettaEuropäische ÄscheÄscheAsch | [details] |
| Italian | temolotemola | [details] |
| Lithuanian | kiršlys | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | harr | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | harr | [details] |
| Polish | lipień europejskilipień | [details] |
| Romanian | lipan | [details] |
| Russian | хариус европейский | [details] |
| Slovenian | lipan | [details] |
| Spanish | tímalo | [details] |
| Swedish | harr | [details] |
| Turkish | gölge balığı | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Харіус європейський | [details] |
| Welsh | cangen las | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (120 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Thymallus aeliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Thymallus umbrosa Gistel, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications) (from synonym Thymallus vexillifer Perty, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications) (from synonym Thymallus vexillifer Fitzinger, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (114 publications) (from synonym Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Thymallus gymnothorax Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Salmo striatus Reisinger, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (303 publications) (from synonym Thymallus vulgaris Nilsson, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Salmo punctatus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Salmo thymus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Thymallus gymnogaster Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thymallus aeliani) (from synonym Thymallus aeliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thymallus thymallus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salmo thymus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus eliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salmo striatus Reisinger, 1830)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salmo punctatus Gronow, 1854)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus vulgaris Nilsson, 1832)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus thymallus lacustris Balon, 1962)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus vexillifer Fitzinger, 1832)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus gymnogaster Valenciennes, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus gymnothorax Valenciennes, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus vexillifer Perty, 1832)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus umbrosa Gistel, 1848)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 57 proteins) (from synonym Thymallus aeliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To GenBank (36481 nucleotides; 543 proteins)
To GenBank (36481 nucleotides; 543 proteins) (from synonym Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered) (from synonym Thymallus aeliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Thymallus aeliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Thymallus umbrosa Gistel, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications) (from synonym Thymallus vexillifer Perty, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications) (from synonym Thymallus vexillifer Fitzinger, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (114 publications) (from synonym Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Thymallus gymnothorax Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Salmo striatus Reisinger, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (303 publications) (from synonym Thymallus vulgaris Nilsson, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Salmo punctatus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Salmo thymus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Thymallus gymnogaster Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thymallus aeliani) (from synonym Thymallus aeliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thymallus thymallus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salmo thymus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus eliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salmo striatus Reisinger, 1830)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salmo punctatus Gronow, 1854)
To Fishbase (from synonym Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus vulgaris Nilsson, 1832)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus thymallus lacustris Balon, 1962)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus vexillifer Fitzinger, 1832)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus gymnogaster Valenciennes, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus gymnothorax Valenciennes, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus vexillifer Perty, 1832)
To Fishbase (from synonym Thymallus umbrosa Gistel, 1848)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 57 proteins) (from synonym Thymallus aeliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To GenBank (36481 nucleotides; 543 proteins)
To GenBank (36481 nucleotides; 543 proteins) (from synonym Salmo thymallus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered) (from synonym Thymallus aeliani Valenciennes, 1848)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS