Hucho
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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). Native to the cold rivers and other freshwater habitats in Eurasia, they are threatened by overfishing and habitat loss.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Subfamily: | Salmoninae |
| Genus: | Hucho Günther, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Salmo hucho[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
| 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, and Siberian salmon | Siberia |
In addition, the Sakhalin taimen was formerly placed in this genus, but genetics and other evidence has shown that it belongs in its own monotypic genus as Parahucho perryi.[3][4][5]
References
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