Hucho ishikawae

Hucho ishikawae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Hucho
Species: H. ishikawae
Binomial name
Hucho ishikawae
T. Mori, 1928

Hucho ishikawae, the Korean taimen, is found in rivers in North Korea (most notably the Am-nok, Dok-ro, Weon-ju and Jang-jin Rivers). Monitoring of the species has been made very difficult because of the lack of access to the areas in which this species occurs.[1]

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