Ichthyologists vachiri kukakavadzana kuti hove iyi ndeyapi. Nekumwe kufanana neakajairika taimen, hove dzinosiyana muchimiro uye mararamiro. Goy kana derere ihove inonzi anadromous. Inokura kusvika 30 kg kana kupfuura. Sakhalin taimen inonzi inonzi predator.
Habitat
Anadromous salmon yeGungwa reOkhotsk uye Gungwa reJapan. Panharaunda yeRussia, nyemba inogona kuwanikwa munzizi dzezvitsuwa zveSakhalin, Iturup, Kunashir, uye muPrimorye, mumadhamu anoyerera achipinda muTatar Bay. Munzizi, muzhizha, inofarira kugara mumakomba, kunyanya pasi pemarara. Vanhu vakuru vanogara vaviri vaviri kana mumwe. Hove dzine huremu huri pasi pe15 kg dzinogona kuungana muzvikoro zvidiki. Kuunganidzwa kwehove kunogonawo kuumba munzvimbo yepre-estuarial panguva yekutama. Nzizi dzinogona kufamba mwaka wose. Vamwe vanhu, nokuda kwechando, kubva mumvura yakachena, kupinda mugungwa, regai kusiya. Sakhalin taimen rudzi rwakachengetedzwa. Nhamba yehove iri kuderera.
Kubereka
Inosvika pakukura kwepabonde chete ne8-10 yemakore ekuberekwa. Munguva yekubatana, dimorphism yepabonde haina kugadzirwa zvakanaka. Muvarume, mupendero wakatsvuka wakajeka unoonekwa pazvimbi uye mitsetse mitema yakareba kubva kumativi emuviri. Munzizi, pakubereka, haikwiri kumusoro. Inoberekerawo mumadziva. Kuberekesa kunotanga muna Kubvumbi uye kunogona kuenderera kusvika pakupera kwaJune. Inoronga nzvimbo dzekuberekera pazasi pebbly, caviar inovigwa muvhu. Hove dzinobereka kakawanda, asi kwete gore negore.