Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; max. published weight: 2,100 g; max. reported age: 10 years
Temperate
Distribution
Former USSR: Lower and middle part of the Amur, Zeya, Ussuri, Lake Khanka, Amur Liman, southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. Asia: China.
Short description
Body color grayish green on back; sides and belly silvery white; dorsal, adipose and caudal fins slightly tinted with pale yellow and pectoral, pelvic and caudal fins grayish yellow. Upper jaw large and broad; eyes without sebaceous eyelid.
Biology
Euryhaline.
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
Common names:
Common name/ Language/ Country
Amurhelt Danish Denmark
Amur whitefish English Russian Fed
Ussuri cisco English China Main
Ussuri whitefish English Russian Fed
乌苏里白鲑 Mandarin Chinese China Main
烏蘇里白鮭 Mandarin Chinese China Main
амурский сиг Russian Russian Fed
сиг уссурийский Russian Russian Fed
Amurskii sig Russian Former USSR
Ussuriyskiy sig Russian Russian Fed
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