Rare fish run upstream in Hokkaido river to lay eggs

Rare fish run upstream in Hokkaido river to lay eggs

SAPPORO, Japan - A pair of Japanese huchen known locally as "ito," Japan's biggest freshwater fish in the salmon family, runs upstream on April 28, 2014, in a river in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido to lay eggs. The rare species is often called the "phantasmal fish."

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