Japanese huchen

Sakhalin taimen is one of largest, most ancient salmon species and primarily inhabitats the lower to middle reaches of lakes and rivers.

The Japanese huchen lives in the benthopelagic, anadromous, freshwater, brackish, marine, depth range 0 - 100 m environment.

The Japanese huchen is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

Stringfish, Japanese huchen, or Ito, is a species of fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. More

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Japanese Huchen ( Ito ) is one of the largest freshwater fish in Japan. However, the species is in serious threat of extinction. Especially OBIRAME, or, name of Ito of the lives in Shiribetsu Rriver, has been critically endangered since 1980's. More

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Captive Japanese huchen in a pondCaptive Japanese huchen in a pond© Kimio Yagawa To include a portlet-style image link, please: Copy to clipboard iconCopy the code in the box below. Paste from clipboard iconPaste it into your page code. More

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Common names

Czerwien in Polish (polski)
Itô in Japanese (日本語)
Japanese huchen in English
Sakhalin taimen in English
Sakhalin-laks in Danish (dansk)
Sakhalin-taimen in Danish (dansk)
Sakhalinskii losos' in Russian (русский язык)
Sakhalinskiy taimen' in Russian (русский язык)
Stringfish in English
Taimen in Unknown
сахалинский таймень in Russian (русский язык)
таймень сахалинский in Russian (русский язык)
イトウ in Japanese (日本語)
远东哲罗鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
遠東哲羅魚 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Salmoniformes
Family : Salmonidae
Genus : Hucho
Species : Hucho perryi
Authority : Brevoort, 1856