Trout you’ve never heard of

[Kelly_Aquatics]

The title is a bit misleading since most of these are char, but I think it’s ok since many of the popular “trout” in North America are char (brook trout, lake trout, bull trout).

Huchen (Hucho Hucho)


Kundzha - white spotted char
(salvelinus leucaenis articus)





Deep water char (salvelinus profundus)


I believe that most of these are rarely talked about because of language barriers.

 

[jjohnwm]

The Huchen has always been one of those semi-mythical fish that I dream about pursuing (as an angler, not an aquarist). Gotta love a fish that hits a soft-plastic fliptail bait about a foot long.

Don't think I have ever heard of the White-spotted Char, but definitely a cool-looking fish.

That last one...looks like something that was spit up by one of the other two as it was being landed...

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

Masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
A small salmonoid native to the pacific. Also called the cherry salmon.

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

Soft mouth trout (Salmo obtusirostris)

native to southeastern Europe

 

[TwoHedWlf]

So, they're all salmonids, but how does a char differ from a trout or a salmon?
Ok, googled it myself, this is useful

This doesn't include grayling and a bunch of other species that are also in the order Salmoniformes.

 

[giseok jung]

I've kept them many years ago, before i went in to bichirs.


White spotted char (salvelinus leucomaenis)



Cherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)



Taimen (Hucho taimen)

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

I've kept them many years ago, before i went in to bichirs.
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White spotted char (salvelinus leucomaenis)

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Cherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)

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Taimen (Hucho taimen)

That’s crazy! Did any of them get to a decent size?

 

[giseok jung]

That’s crazy! Did any of them get to a decent size?

Cherry salmon and white spotted char lived quite well in that aquarium.
Cherry salmon reached about 25cm (freshwater form of cherry salmon grow only about 20~30cm unlike their ocean form)
White spotted char reached about 50cm and it was one of the most aggressive species i'd ever kept.

 

[giseok jung]

I also had this bunch of Chum salmon frys too back then.

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

Hard to see on the first pic but the soft mouth trout has a bizarre mouth more akin to whitefish or grayling