8681 Hucho taimen (Pallas, 1773) Salmonidae Salmonids Salmoninae Salmoniformes Teleostei Taimen Europe and Asia: some upper tributaries of Pechora and Kama (with tributaries Vyatka, Belaya, Vishera, Chusovaya) in Volga drainage; Siberia from Ob' to Yana drainages; Amur and some adjacent drainages. Prior to the impoundment of Kama, used to enter Volga and to reach downriver to Samara.