Family Salmonidae Scientific name Hucho Higher classification Salmoninae | Order Salmoniformes Subfamily Salmoninae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Huchen, Hucho taimen | ||
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Hucho is a genus of large salmonids from cold rivers and other freshwater habitats in Eurasia. They are piscivorous, and threatened by overfishing and habitat loss.
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Hucho fishing on sana river ribolov mladice na sani
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
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.
References
Hucho Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA