- · Grid units represent actual meters (m); human and animals are drawn to the exact same scale with original silhouette aspect ratios preserved.
- · When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
- · Tsinling lenok trout silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Salmo trutta)
- · Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0
Tsinling lenok trout
Brachymystax tsinlingensis (Tsinling lenok trout · Tsinling lenok trout)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) (subspecies Brachymystax lenok tsinlingensis)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum length of 70 cm is slightly shorter than a long umbrella, which is about 80 cm (Comparison).
- 💡 Because its habitat in Daehyeon-ri, Seokpo-myeon, Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do is designated as a Natural Monument (Korea), protecting the valley as a conservation area is essential to seeing this fish.
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 8 kg is lighter than a 10 kg bag of rice (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Tsinling lenok trout is a salmonid fish living in cold rivers of Siberia, Korea, and northern China, listed as the subspecies Brachymystax lenok tsinlingensis on the National List of Species of Korea.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Based on the lenok species, males grow up to 70 cm in total length and females up to 60 cm; during the spawning season, the body turns deep red and the dorsal and pectoral fins turn iridescent.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is a slow-growing cold-water river fish that does not migrate to the sea, feeding on insects, amphipods, small fish, frogs, mice, and even salmon eggs.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is a Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) species, and the Baekcheon Valley area in Daehyeon-ri, Bonghwa, Gyeongsangbuk-do was designated as a Natural Monument (Korea) (No. 74) on December 7, 1962 as the southernmost habitat of this fish in the world, serving as the flagship species of Taebaeksan National Park.
📚 Sources & References
- • 멸종위기 야생생물 Ⅱ급 (아종 Brachymystax lenok tsinlingensis) — 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000057737 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000057737
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • Korean protection status: Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) (subspecies Brachymystax lenok tsinlingensis)
- • catalogueoflife.org — MXRW
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000057737 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000057737
- • wikidata.org — Q15237852
- • fishbase.se — Brachymystax-lenok.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — general-search
- • heritage.go.kr — culSelectDetail.do
- • knps.or.kr — contents.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Salmo trutta)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.