Salmonidae (Salmonids), subfamily: Coregoninae |
60 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2,100.0 g; max. reported age: 10 years |
benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish; marine, anadromous |
Asia: endemic to the Amur basin, occurring in the middle and lower reaches of the Amur, Ussuri River and Lake Khanka, Amur estuary and southern Sea of Okhotsk. |
Body color grayish green on back; sides and belly silvery white; dorsal, adipose and caudal fins slightly tinted with pale yellow and pectoral, pelvic and caudal fins grayish yellow. Upper jaw large and broad; eyes without sebaceous eyelid (Ref. 45563). |
Euryhaline. |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Found in Lake Khanka drainage area (Amur river basin) (Ref. 13397); Heilongjiang, Wusulijiang and Songhuajiang rivers (Ref. 45563). Threatened mainly due to overfishing, catching young fish and pollution of rivers (Ref. 45563).
Status of threat: Vulnerable (Ref. 45563). |
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