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Kunimasu at aquarium

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken April 23, 2014, shows grown kunimasu at Fuji Yusui no Sato aquarium in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, where an event to show the endangered deepwater salmon species to the public began the same day.

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Kunimasu juveniles

OSHINO, Japan - Photo taken on June 28, 2012, in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows a juvenile kunimasu, born through artificial fertilization, unveiled to the media the same day. The endangered deepwater salmon species was discovered in 2010 in Lake Saiko in the prefecture, 70 years after it died out in 1940 in its original habitat, Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture.

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Kunimasu juveniles

OSHINO, Japan - Photo taken on June 28, 2012, in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows juvenile kunimasu, born through artificial fertilization, that were unveiled to the media the same day. The endangered deepwater salmon species was discovered in 2010 in Lake Saiko in the prefecture, 70 years after it died out in 1940 in its original habitat, Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture.

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Yamanashi gov't to farm newly discovered endangered salmon species

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - The photo shows Lake Saiko where Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species, was discovered in 2010, 70 years after its extinction in 1940 in its original habitat, Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, 500 kilometers to the northeast. The photo was taken on Jan. 7, 2012.

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Kyoto University professor Nakabo

KYOTO, Japan - Tetsuji Nakabo, professor of Kyoto University and an ichthyologist, holds a Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species. His research team identified nine fish caught in March and April of 2010 at Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as Kunimasu descended from eggs transported many decades ago from Lake Tazawa in northern Japan, where the species is now extinct. The photo was taken on Dec. 15, 2010.

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Yamanashi begins study on rediscovered 'kunimasu' salmon

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - A man holds a fish carcass that could be of an indigenous freshwater salmon species known as ''kunimasu'' in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Yamanashi prefectural government began field research that day into the kunimasu, which was thought to have gone extinct about 70 years ago but found in Lake Saiko late 2010.

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Rediscovered fish on display

KYOTO, Japan - Samples of kunimasu freshwater salmon, a Japanese indigenous species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago and rediscovered in December 2010, are displayed at the Kyoto University Museum in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Sakana-kun glad as emperor lauds fish's rediscovery

TOKYO, Japan - Fish expert and TV personality Sakana-kun speaks at a press conference on Dec. 24, 2010, at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, where he is a visiting associate professor. Sakana-kun expressed his joy after Emperor Akihito praised the contributions made by researchers to the rediscovery of kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago.

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Salmon species 'kunimasu' rediscovered

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Tetsuji Nakabo holds a kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct more than 70 years ago, in Kyoto on Dec. 15, 2010. The fish, which was previously only seen in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, was discovered in Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as the eggs of the fish were taken to Lake Saiko before the species was believed to have become extinct.

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Hunt for rare freshwater fish to begin in Japan's deepest lake

Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2015, shows Japan's deepest lake, Lake Tazawa, in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. Researchers plan to start a large-scale survey there in September using an underwater camera. Hopes are rising of finding the endangered "kunimasu" freshwater salmon species indigenous to the lake that was thought to have been extinct until it was found in Lake Saiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, in 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lake Tazawa survey planned to revive habitat for rare trout species

File photo taken in April 2014 shows a school of "kunimasu," a rare Japanese subspecies of sockeye salmon indigenous to Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, in a tank at an aquarium in Yamanashi Prefecture. The Semboku city office in Akita announced on Sept. 4, 2015, that it will survey the underwater conditions of Lake Tazawa from Oct. 5 in hopes of reviving the habitat for the fish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hopes of discovering endangered indigenous freshwater salmon rising

Photo taken in June 2012 in Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows a juvenile fish of the endangered "kunimasu" indigenous freshwater salmon species born through artificial fertilization. An extensive hunt for the fish is planned this fall in Lake Tazawa, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. The species was classified as extinct around 70 years ago in the lake, then its sole known habitat, but it has been found still alive in Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamanashi begins study on rediscovered 'kunimasu' salmon

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - A man holds a fish carcass that could be of an indigenous freshwater salmon species known as ''kunimasu'' in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Yamanashi prefectural government began field research that day into the kunimasu, which was thought to have gone extinct about 70 years ago but found in Lake Saiko late 2010. (Kyodo)

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Yamanashi gov't to farm newly discovered endangered salmon specie

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - Kiyoshi Mitsui, director of the Yamanashi Prefectural Fisheries Technology Center, explains the aquaculture project for Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species, in a recent interview with Kyodo News at the center in Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture. He said one of the project's key objectives is to conserve the species. The photo was taken on Dec. 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto University professor Nakabo

KYOTO, Japan - Tetsuji Nakabo, professor of Kyoto University and an ichthyologist, holds a Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species. His research team identified nine fish caught in March and April of 2010 at Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as Kunimasu descended from eggs transported many decades ago from Lake Tazawa in northern Japan, where the species is now extinct. The photo was taken on Dec. 15, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Yamanashi gov't to farm newly discovered endangered salmon specie

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - The photo shows Lake Saiko where Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species, was discovered in 2010, 70 years after its extinction in 1940 in its original habitat, Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, 500 kilometers to the northeast. The photo was taken on Jan. 7, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Yamanashi gov't to farm newly discovered endangered salmon specie

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - Yasuaki Miura, 62, former chief of the Lake Saiko Fisheries Cooperative, stands in the town of Fujikawaguchi, Yamanashi Prefecture, on the shore of the lake. He caught Himemasu-like fish in March and April of 2010. Nine of the fish were later identified as Kunimasu by Kyoto University researchers. The photo was taken on Jan. 7, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Salmon species 'kunimasu' rediscovered

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Tetsuji Nakabo holds a kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct more than 70 years ago, in Kyoto on Dec. 15, 2010. The fish, which was previously only seen in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, was discovered in Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as the eggs of the fish were taken to Lake Saiko before the species was believed to have become extinct. (Kyodo)

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Sakana-kun glad as emperor lauds fish's rediscovery

TOKYO, Japan - Fish expert and TV personality Sakana-kun speaks at a press conference on Dec. 24, 2010, at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, where he is a visiting associate professor. Sakana-kun expressed his joy after Emperor Akihito praised the contributions made by researchers to the rediscovery of kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago. (Kyodo)

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Rediscovered fish on display

KYOTO, Japan - Samples of kunimasu freshwater salmon, a Japanese indigenous species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago and rediscovered in December 2010, are displayed at the Kyoto University Museum in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2011. (Kyodo)