Ichthyologists har yanzu suna jayayya ga wane nau'in wannan kifi ne. Tare da wasu kamanceceniya da taimen na kowa, kifin ya bambanta duka a tsari da tsarin rayuwa. Goy ko lentil kifi ne mai anadromous. Ya girma har zuwa 30 kg ko fiye. Sakhalin taimen sanannen mafarauci ne.
Habitat
Anadromous salmon na Tekun Okhotsk da Tekun Japan. A cikin ƙasa na Rasha, ana iya samun lentil a cikin kogunan tsibiran Sakhalin, Iturup, Kunashir, da kuma a cikin Primorye, a cikin tafkunan da ke kwarara cikin Tekun Tatar. A cikin koguna, a lokacin rani, ya fi son zama a cikin ramuka, musamman a ƙarƙashin tarkace. Manya-manyan mutane suna rayuwa ne bibbiyu ko guda ɗaya. Kifin da bai kai kilogiram 15 ba zai iya taruwa a kananan makarantu. Har ila yau, tarin kifaye na iya samuwa a yankin da aka riga aka yi hijira yayin hijira. Rafukan suna iya motsawa duk lokacin yanayi. Wasu mutane, don hunturu, daga ruwa mai dadi, cikin teku, ba sa barin. Sakhalin taimen wani nau'in kariya ne. Yawan kifin yana raguwa.
Ciyarwa
Ya kai balaga ga jima'i kawai ta hanyar shekaru 8-10. A lokacin lokacin jima'i, dimorphism na jima'i ba shi da kyau. A cikin maza, iyaka mai haske mai haske yana bayyana akan fins da ratsan baƙar fata mai tsayi daga sassan jiki. A cikin koguna, don haifuwa, ba ya tashi sama. Hakanan yana tsiro a cikin tabkuna. Bayyanuwa yana farawa a watan Afrilu kuma yana iya ci gaba har zuwa ƙarshen Yuni. Yana shirya filaye masu haifuwa a ƙasa mai laushi, an binne caviar a cikin ƙasa. Kifi yana tsiro akai-akai, amma ba kowace shekara ba.