Hucho
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| 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
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Hucho bleekeri Sh. Kimura, 1934
- Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758) (Huchen)
- Hucho ishikawae T. Mori, 1928
- Hucho perryi (Brevoort, 1856) (Japanese huchen)
- 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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