| Family: |
Salmonidae (Salmonids), subfamily: Coregoninae |
| Max. size: |
60 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2,100.0 g; max. reported age: 10 years |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish; marine, anadromous |
| Distribution: |
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. |
| Diagnosis: |
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). |
| Biology: |
Euryhaline. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 November 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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