Grayling

a slender fish of the salmon type. It is from twelve to eighteen inches in length. It has large scales and a narrow mouth with small teeth. It has the habits of the trout. The European grayling is found in the cold, pebbly streams of England, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Scandinavia, but is not found, it is said, in Ireland and Scotland. In his picture of the Brook, Tennyson speaks of

A North American species, known as the blue fish by northern trappers is abundant in the cold, clear streams of the Mackenzie Valley and in Alaska. Another grayling is found in northern Michigan and the iceborn streams of Montana. They are fine game fish. They are mistaken readily for trout. See Salmon