Tracking the World’s Largest Salmon With Sonar
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Collectables, Environment, fish in the news, taimen

I bet taimen was not what came to mind after reading that headline.

These fish, more widely known as taimen (“TIE-men”), split early from the salmon evolutionary tree.  These ancient fish are found only in Asia. One characteristic certainly sets them apart from all others in the great salmon family – they are the biggest, capable of reaching over 2 meters (6 feet) in length and living over 30 years.

LINK (via National Geographic)

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