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| Recognition | The Grayling is unmistakable with its huge sail -like dorsal fin and a silvery blue streamlined body speckled with dark spots. |
| British record | 4lb 4oz |
| Location | A fast water fish and are happy living in rivers or streams with a good flow. Grayling are also very sensitive to water pollution. |
| Behaviour | Groups in shoals that can at times be quite large in numbers. |
| Preferred Habitats | Fast flowing oxygen-rich clean clear waters. |
| Best Feeding Times | Will feed in extremely low temperatures when other fish are torpid. |
| Natural Food | Insect larvae, air-borne insects. |
| Maturity | Male and Female 3 – 4 years |
| Spawning Times | March to May |
| Preferred Spawning Areas | Gravel beds |
| Fecundity | Up to 10,000 in large female. |
