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Siberian taimen (Hucho taimen), also known as the common taimen (Russian: Обыкнове́нный тайме́нь, romanized: Obyknovénnyĭ taĭménʹ), Siberian giant trout or Siberian salmon, is a species of salmon-like ray-finned fish from the genus Hucho in the family Salmonidae.
Lenoks tend to live in rivers of any sort, but usually upstream, where the water is colder. [14] They are also found in lakes such as Baikal. [4]As currently defined, the sharp-snouted lenok (B. lenok) is widespread in central and eastern Russia, and also found widely in northern Mongolia, locally in northeastern Kazakhstan (Irtysh Basin) and northeastern China ().
Pages in category "Fish of Mongolia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amur catfish; C.
The rivers and lakes of Mongolia are reported to have 76 species of fish, including trout, grayling (khadran; Arctic grayling, Mongolian grayling, [23]), roach, [24]: 213 lenok (zebge), Siberian sturgeon (khilem, pike [24]: 210 (tsurkhai), perch (algana), Altai osman (endemic to the rivers of Mongolia [23]) and the taimen (a huge Siberian ...
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).
The Mongolian grayling (Thymallus brevirostris) is a freshwater species of fish of the genus Thymallus endemic to the landlocked rivers in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia Province of China and nearby parts of Russian far east. It is considered to be the largest grayling species in the world, [2] and hence viewed as an auspicious sign by local tribes. [3]
Thymallus nigrescens, also known as the Hovsgol grayling, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is endemic to the Mongolian Lake Khovsgol where they usually live near or on the bottom of the lake .
Siniichthys varpachovskii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This fish is found in the Khalkh River and Lake Buir in Mongolia and Lake Hulun in China. It may also occur in the upper drainage of the Argun River in Russia and China.