Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke kino o Taimen a me ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa. Eia nō naʻe, aia paha nā ʻokoʻa āpau. Ulu mālie ka iʻa, akā ola lōʻihi ma mua o nā salmon ʻē aʻe a ulu aʻe i ko lākou ola ʻana. I ka wā ma mua, ʻike ʻia nā hihia o ka hopu ʻana i ka iʻa ma luna o 100 kg, akā ʻo ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 56 kg ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he mana. ʻO ka taimen maʻamau he iʻa hiki ʻole ke hele i ka wai maʻemaʻe e noho ana ma nā muliwai a me nā loko. ʻAʻole hana i nā ʻohana nui. I ka wā ʻōpio, hiki iā ia ke noho pū me ka hina a me ka lenok, i nā hui liʻiliʻi, i kona ulu ʻana, hoʻololi ia i kahi noho kaʻawale. I ka wā ʻōpiopio, hiki i ka taimen, no kekahi manawa, ke noho pālua, maʻamau me kahi "kaikuana" a i ʻole "kaikuahine" o ka nui a me ka makahiki. ʻO kēia paha kahi mea pale manawaleʻa i ka wā e hoʻololi ai i ka noho kūʻokoʻa. Hiki ke hōʻiliʻili i nā iʻa i ka wā puna a i ʻole ka neʻe ʻana i ka hoʻoilo i ka hoʻoilo a i ʻole nā wahi hoʻomaha. Loaʻa kēia ma muli o nā loli i ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana a i ʻole ka spawning. ʻAʻole lawe ka iʻa i nā neʻe lōʻihi.
Kūā
Ma ke Komohana, e holo ana ka palena o ka mahele o na kahawai o Kama, Pechera a me Vyatka. Aia i loko o nā kahawai o ka Middle Volga. Noho ʻo Taimen i nā kīʻaha o nā muliwai Siberian a pau, ma Mongolia, ma Kina i nā muliwai o ka ʻAmur basin. Hoʻopili ʻo Taimen i ka mahana o ka wai a me kona maʻemaʻe. Makemake ka poʻe nui i nā ʻāpana o ka muliwai me ke kahe mālie. Ke ʻimi nei lākou i taimen ma hope o nā keʻakeʻa, kokoke i nā kahawai, nā paʻa a me nā ʻili o nā lāʻau. Ma nā muliwai nui, pono ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lua nui a i ʻole nā auwai lalo me nā kuapo pōhaku a ʻaʻole ke au ikaika. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu pinepine i ka taimen kokoke i ka waha o nā kahawai, ʻoiai inā he ʻokoʻa ka mahana o ka wai ma waena o ka waihona nui a me ke kahawai. I ka wā wela, haʻalele ka taimen i ke kino nui o ka wai a hiki ke noho i nā kahawai liʻiliʻi, i nā lua a me nā awāwa. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Taimen i kakaʻikahi, a ma nā ʻāpana he nui, he ʻano pōʻino. Hoʻoponopono ʻia kāna lawaiʻa e ke kānāwai. Ma nā wahi he nui, pāpā ʻia ka lawaiʻa. No laila, ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ka lawaiʻa, pono e wehewehe i nā lula no ka hopu ʻana i kēia iʻa. Eia kekahi, ua kaupalena ʻia ka lawaiʻa taimen i ke kau. ʻO ka pinepine, hiki i ka lawaiʻa laikini ʻia, ma nā waihona i ʻae ʻia, hiki wale nō mai ke kau waena o ke kauwela a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hāʻule, a i ka hoʻoilo ma hope o ka maloʻo a ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hau.
ʻOhana
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Taimen he iʻa "slow-growing", hiki i ka wā ʻōpio ma 5-7 mau makahiki me ka lōʻihi o 60 cm. ʻO ka spawning i Mei-Iune, hiki ke loli ka manawa ma muli o ka ʻāina a me nā kūlana kūlohelohe. Hoʻopuka i loko o nā lua i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ma ka ʻāina pōhaku. He kiʻekiʻe ka fecundity, akā he haʻahaʻa ke ola o nā keiki ʻōpio.