Geographic Variation in the Lateral Line Scale Counts of the Arctic Grayling, Thymallus arcticus

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: McCart, P., Pepper, V. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1971
• Subjects: General Medicine; Arctic; Yukon; Bering Sea; Northwest Territories; Yukon Basin; Arctic grayling; Brooks Range; north slope; Thymallus arcticus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f71-103; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f71-103

An examination of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) collected on either side of the continental divide (Brooks Range) in Alaska revealed that lateral line scale counts were significantly higher on the North Slope than in the Yukon Basin to the south. An examination of geographic variation in this...