taimen, Salmo Pallas [P. S.] 1773:716 [Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reiches; ref. 18509] Rivers of Siberia, Russia flowing into the Arctic Ocean. Lectotype: ZMB 23561. Originally as taïmen. Type information: Svetovidov 1978:21 [ref. 6025]. Lectotype selected by Svetovidov 1978:21 [ref. 6025]. •Synonym of Hucho hucho (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies -- (Chereshnev 1996:603 [ref. 24659]). •Valid as Hucho taimen (Pallas 1773) -- (Berg 1948:296 [ref. 12882], Hensel & Holčík 1983:68 [ref. 36467], Zhu 1995:10 [ref. 25213], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:13 [ref. 22798], Kottelat 1997:124 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:728 [ref. 24702], Yue & Chen 1998:29 [ref. 26415], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:45 [ref. 26178], Sideleva 2001:46 [ref. 26181], Sideleva 2003:13 [ref. 27815], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:151 [ref. 28183], Kottelat 2006:18 [ref. 28831], Ocock et al. 2006:54 [ref. 28933], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:397 [ref. 29996], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:345 [ref. 30085], Parin et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:189 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:677 [ref. 34853], Romanov et al. 2017:825 [ref. 35687], Dyldin et al. 2020:104 [ref. 37569], Dyldin et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:69 [ref. 38158], Pozdeev et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39511], Bogdanov & Knizhin 2022:1696 [ref. 40154]). Current status: Valid as Hucho taimen (Pallas 1773). Salmonidae: Salmoninae. Distribution: Arctic Ocean and North Pacific basins: Russia, Mongolia, China and Europe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.