Large Blue Lenok

Brachymystax savinovi

Forty Seven Centimeters Trout of Asian Waters

Blue
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Central Asia
Medium
Temperate fish

Brachymystax savinovi is a salmonid fish species endemic to Markakol Lake and adjacent rivers in eastern Kazakhstan. It was formerly included in the more widespread species Brachymystax lenok (now known as the sharp-snouted lenok).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Salmons and Trout
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Brachymystax
Maximum length: 47 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Asia: Kazakhstan to the Amur basin.

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