The Siberian taimen, found in freshwater rivers and lakes in Russia, Mongolia, and Central Asia, is the largest species in the salmon family. It is long-lived and slow-growing, reaching lengths of ...

It is the third-largest Salmonidae species, behind Siberian Taimen and Pacific Chinook Salmon, with a length of 28 to 30 ...

Also known as the Sakhalin taimen, it is Japan's largest freshwater fish. Its size alone is distinctive enough (folk stories tell of huchens almost 2 meters long), but its powerful bulging jaw is ...

ALONG THE UUR RIVER, Mongolia -- Here in the glacial-blue waters of this wild and remote river, the elusive Siberian salmon, known as the taimen, is in danger of vanishing forever. Scientists and ...