| Salmonidae (Salmonids), subfamily: Salmoninae |
| 120 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 15 kg; max. reported age: 9 years |
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benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m, anadromous |
| Northwest Pacific: Japan and northeastern Korean Peninsula through Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands to Kamchatka. |
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| The land-locked form prefers low temperature streams, below 15°C. Young of the sea-run form enter the sea at 2 years of age and return to the rivers for spawning when they are 4 years or older. Found in summertime water temperature of 13-15° C (Ref. 12218). Carnivore, feeding on insects and plankton (Ref. 12218). Utilized fresh, smoked and frozen; can be broiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988). Two forms: the land-locked form which reaches 35 cm, and the ocean form of 70 cm (Ref. 9137). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Occurs in the western part of the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk, from which it enters the rivers of Kamchatka (few migrants), Commander Is., Okhotsk Coast (abundant), Trans-Ussuri region, Sakhalin, Kuril Is.to Vladivostok. Ascends the Amur not further than Nikolaevsk and is quite common in the Amur Liman and near the Shantar Is. Present in the Penshina River (Ref. 593) and Poronai and Tym' Rivers basins (Ref. 27681). Also Ref. 559, 12218, 37812. nEurRus |
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