Hucho
| Hucho | |
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| Hucho hucho | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Subfamily: | Salmoninae |
| Genus: | Hucho Günther, 1866 |
Hucho is a genus of large salmonids from Eurasia. The genus is primarily Asian; of the five species in the genus, only H. hucho (Huchen trout or Danube salmon) and H. taimen (taimen) are native to Europe.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Hucho bleekeri Sh. Kimura, 1934
- Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758) (huchen)
- Hucho ishikawae T. Mori, 1928
- Hucho perryi (Brevoort, 1856) (Sakhalin taimen)
- Hucho taimen (Pallas, 1773) (taimen)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Hucho in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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