Huchen / Danube Salmon

mladica · Hucho hucho

fishendangered

The mighty huchen, Europe's largest trout-family fish, lurks in the Drina basin — a powerful, threatened giant prized (and protected) by anglers.

Identification & best seen

large, elongated, copper-flanked; strictly regulated fishing.

Habitat & where to see

Where to see: Drina and Sava-basin rivers

Fun fact

big specimens can exceed a metre — the "river tiger" of the Danube system.