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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Hucho |
| Species: | H. hucho
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| Hucho hucho | |
The huchen (Hucho hucho) (/ˈhuːxən/, 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),[2][3] being closely related (in the same subfamily) to salmon, trout, char and lenoks.
- ^ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Hucho hucho". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T10264A3186143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10264A3186143.en.
- ^ "Hucho hucho". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 December 2004.
- ^ "Huchen Study 2015" (PDF). balkanrivers.net. Save the Blue Heart of Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2018.