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"Evaluating recreational fisheries for an endangered species: a case study of taimen, Hucho taimen, in Mongolia" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 66 (10): 1707. doi:10.1139/F09-109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-10. Taimen Research ; From Madison to Mongolia: The crusade for a giant fish
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Hucho bleekeri Sh. Kimura, 1934: Sichuan taimen: Yangtze basin in China Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758) huchen, Danube salmon: endemic to the Danube basin in Europe Hucho ishikawae T. Mori, 1928: Korean taimen: North Korea and China Hucho taimen (Pallas, 1773) Siberian taimen, Siberian giant trout ...
The Sakhalin taimen (Parahucho perryi, syn. Hucho perryi), also known as the Japanese huchen or stringfish (Japanese: 伊富/イトウ, romanized: itō), is a large species of salmonid freshwater fish in Northeast Asia, found in the lakes and large rivers of Primorsky, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin and Kuril Islands of Far Eastern Russia, as well as Hokkaido of Japan.
O. rastrosus was possibly the largest member of the family Salmonidae, rivalling or exceeding the largest living salmonid Hucho taimen in size, [5] with estimates varying from standard length (without tail fin) of 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) and 177 kg (390 lb) [1] to total length of 2.4–2.7 m (7 ft 10 in – 8 ft 10 in) and 200 kg (440 lb).
Hucho perryi — Japanese huchen, Sakhalin taimen; Hucho taimen — Taimen; Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon and Pacific trout) Oncorhynchus gorbuscha — Pink salmon, humpback salmon; Oncorhynchus keta — Chum salmon, dog salmon, keta salmon, silverbrite salmon; Oncorhynchus kisutch — Coho salmon, silver salmon, silvers
An illustration of the Sichuan Taimen (Hucho bleekeri) The Sichuan taimen typically has a dark black, dorsal, and adipose fin; a silvery white underside; and small, irregular dark spots across the body, head, and gill cover. [4] [5] Their coloring can range from a darker orange/red, to a lighter tan/yellow depending on stage of life. [3]
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