Black Kokanee Salmon

Oncorhynchus kawamurae

Forty seven to sixty two pyloric caeca

Black Kokanee Salmon is a freshwater fish found around Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 23.8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Salmons and Trout
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Oncorhynchus
Maximum length: 23.8 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Asia: endemic to Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Believed to have become extinct since 1940. Recently discovered in 2010 from Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, one of the lakes where eyed eggs of this species were introduced in 1935.
Conservation status: EWExtinct in the Wild

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