Huchen

Huchen
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Hucho
Species:
H. hucho
Binomial name
Hucho hucho
Synonyms
  • Salmo hucho Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hucho germanorum Günther, 1866

The huchen (Hucho hucho) (/ˈhxən/, from German), also known as Danube salmon or redfish (German: Rotfisch), is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Salmonidae native to the Danube basin in Central and Eastern Europe. It is the type species of genus Hucho (a.k.a. the taimens), being closely related (in the same subfamily) to salmon, trout, char and lenoks.