Thymallus mertensii Valenciennes, 1848
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Thymallus mertensii Valenciennes, 1848
- Name authority
- Valenciennes, 1848
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Salmoniformes
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Thymallus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSalmoniformes
- familySalmonidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyThymallinae Gill, 1885
- genusThymallus Linck, 1790
- speciesThymallus mertensii Valenciennes, 1848
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Thymallus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic graylingThymallus arcticus (Pallas, 1776) | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus baicalensis Dybowski, 1874 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus grubii Dybowski, 1869 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus pallasii Valenciennes, 1848 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus tugarinae Knizhin, Antonov, Safronov & Weiss, 2007 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus yaluensis Mori, 1928 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus nigrescens Dorogostaisky, 1923 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus baicalolenensis Matveev, Samusenok, Pronin & Tel'pukhovsky, 2005 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus brevipinnis Svetovidov, 1931 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus brevirostris Kessler, 1879 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus burejensis Antonov, 2004 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thymallus flavomaculatus Knizhin, Antonov & Weiss, 2006 | SalmonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Thymallus arcticus mertensii Valenciennes, 1848 Valenciennes, 1848 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- 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. 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. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:56Q8B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.