Rare Species

• The following species occur within Killarney National Park

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• Arctic Char (related to Salmon and Trout)

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• Killarney Twaite Chad (Indigenous to Killarney’s Lough Leane, a member of the herring family)

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• Salmon

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• Trout

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• Lamprey (all three species Sea, River and Brook)

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• Pearl Mussel (which require a water quality of Q5 to exist. The pearl mussel also requires Salmonid species as its host during breeding)