Taimen vane chimiro chemuviri chinozivikanwa uye chitarisiko chose. Zvisinei, panogona kunge paine misiyano yedunhu. Hove dzinokura zvishoma nezvishoma, asi dzinorarama kwenguva refu kupfuura dzimwe salmon uye dzinokura muhupenyu hwadzo hwose. Kare, nyaya dzekubata hove dzinodarika 100 kg dzinozivikanwa, asi mufananidzo wakanyorwa unorema 56 kg unoonekwa sewepamutemo. Iyo yakajairika taimen ihove yemvura yakachena isingafambiki inogara munzizi nemadziva. Haigadziri mapoka makuru. Ichiri mudiki, inogona kugara pamwe chete negreyling uye lenok, mumapoka madiki, sezvainokura, inochinja kune hupenyu hwega. Pazera duku, taimen, kwenguva yakati, inogona kugara vaviri vaviri, kazhinji ne "hama" kana "hanzvadzi" yehukuru hwakafanana nezera. Ichi chingangove chishandiso chekudzivirira chenguva pfupi kana uchijaira kurarama wakazvimirira. Kuunganidzwa kwehove kunogoneka panguva yekusimuka kwechirimo kana matsutso munzvimbo dzechando kana dzekuzorora. Izvi zvinokonzerwa nekuchinja kwemamiriro ehupenyu kana kubereka. Hove hadzifambi kwenguva refu.
Habitat
Kumadokero, muganho wenzvimbo yekugovera inomhanya nemabheseni enzizi Kama, Pechera uye Vyatka. Yakanga iri mumatare eMiddle Volga. Taimen anogara mumabheseni enzizi dzose dzeSiberia, muMongolia, muChina munzizi dzeAmur basin. Taimen inonzwa tembiricha yemvura uye kuchena kwayo. Vanhu vakuru vanofarira nzvimbo dzerwizi dzine mvura inononoka. Ivo vari kutsvaga taimen kuseri kwezvipingamupinyi, padyo nenzizi, blockages uye creases yematanda. Panzizi huru, zvakakosha kuti pave nemakomba makuru kana migero yepasi ine mitsetse yematombo uye kwete mhepo yakasimba. Iwe unogona kazhinji kubata taimen padyo nemiromo yematare, kunyanya kana paine mutsauko mukupisa kwemvura pakati pemvura huru nerukova. Munguva yekupisa, taimen inosiya muviri mukuru wemvura uye inogona kugara muhova duku, mumakomba nemakomba. Taimen inoonekwa isingawanzo, uye munzvimbo dzakawanda, mhuka dziri mungozi. Kubata kwake hove kunodzorwa nemutemo. Munzvimbo dzakawanda, kubata hove kunorambidzwa. Saka, usati waenda kunobata hove, zvakakodzera kujekesa mitemo yekubata hove iyi. Mukuwedzera, taimen hove inogumira kumwaka. Kazhinji, kubata hove kune marezinesi, pamadziva anotenderwa, kunokwanisika chete kubva pakati pezhizha kusvika pakutanga kwematsutso, uye munguva yechando mushure mechando-kumusoro uye ice isati yadonha.
Kubereka
Taimen inoonekwa sehove "inokura zvishoma", inosvika pakuyaruka pa5-7 makore nehurefu hunosvika 60 cm. Kubereka muna Chivabvu-Chikumi, nguva yacho inogona kuchinja zvichienderana nenharaunda uye nemamiriro echisikigo. Mazarira mumakomba akagadzirirwa pane matombo-hurungudo pasi. Iyo fecundity yakakwira zvakanyanya, asi mwero wekupona kwevadiki wakaderera.