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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.
The maximum length is about 150 to 180 cm (59 to 71 in). The maximum size is not assured, but supposedly a fish caught in the Kotui River in Russia in 1943 with a length of 210 cm (83 in) and a weight of 105 kg (231 lb) is the largest size recorded. [7] The IGFA world record is 45.80 kg (101.0 lb) with a length of 150.00 cm (59.06 in). [8]
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]
The fish weighed 26 pounds, 11.4 ounces, breaking the previous record of 20 pounds, 10 ounces that was set in Florida in 2004, according to a news release from the North Carolina Division of ...
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Hucho is a genus of large piscivorous salmonid fish known as taimens (from Finnish taimen, 'trout', through Russian: тайме́нь, romanized: taĭménʹ), and is closely related to Pacific trout and lenoks (all belonging to the same tribe in the subfamily Salmoninae).
Any of these fish caught, must be photographed, then returned to the water immediately. Note 2 - Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) and Huchen (Danube salmon) (Hucho hucho)are listed as Endangered species (IUCN) status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Any of these fish caught, must be photographed, then returned ...
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