Huchen
| Huchen Conservation status: Endangered | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758) |
The huchen (Hucho hucho) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. It is the type species of its genus. Native to the Palearctic ecozone, the huchen occurred originally in the Danube basin in Europe but has been introduced elsewhere on the continent.
References
- "Hucho hucho". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
- "Hucho hucho" (TSN 162024). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. N.p.: Integrated Taxonomic Information System, 2004. Accessed on 11 December 2004.
Categories: Endangered species | Fish stubs | Salmonidae