Kunimasu / black kokanee (Oncorhynchus kawamurae)
formerly endemic to Lake Tazawa, Japan
believed to be fully extinct for many years
a population was rediscovered in Lake Saiko, the descendants of a batch of eggs translocated there in the 1930s for commercial fishing
plans for reintroduction back to Lake Tazawa are underway
[Mainichi/Kosuke Yamamoto]



