Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Genus: Brachymystax

Species: Brachymystax lenok (Pallas, 1773)

Climate Zone

Location

• Asia: Siberia, Korea and North China.

Biology

A slow-growing fish which inhabits rivers. A cold water fish and never goes to the ocean; finds deep cold waters during summer; can be found under the ice in late fall and winter (Ref. 12218). Feeds on larval and adult insects, amphipods, small fish, frogs, mice and salmon spawn (Ref. 593). During spawning the body turns to a dark red and the dorsal and pectoral fins change to a rainbow of colors (Ref. 12218).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless