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Omul. The omul, Coregonus migratorius, also known as Baikal omul (Russian: байкальский омуль), is a whitefish species of the salmon family endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is considered a delicacy and is the object of one of the largest commercial fisheries on Lake Baikal. In 2004, it was listed by an unknown group ...
Vitim sculpin. Categories: Fish of Russia. Lake fish of Asia. Fauna of Lake Baikal. Fish by lake.
Callionymus baikalensis. Pallas, 1776 [1] Comephorus, known as the golomyankas or Baikal oilfish, are a genus comprising two species of peculiar, sculpin fishes endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. Comephorus is the only genus in the subfamily Comephorinae. Golomyankas are pelagic fishes and the main food source for the Baikal seal.
Lake Baikal is in a rift valley, created by the Baikal Rift Zone, where the Earth's crust is slowly pulling apart. [5] At 636 km (395 mi) long and 79 km (49 mi) wide, Lake Baikal has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake in Asia, at 31,722 km 2 (12,248 sq mi), and is the deepest lake in the world at 1,642 metres (5,387 feet; 898 fathoms).
Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) Acipenser. Acipenser baerii — Siberian sturgeon. Acipenser gueldenstaedtii — Russian sturgeon. Acipenser mikadoi — Sakhalin sturgeon. Acipenser nudiventris — Fringebarbel sturgeon. Acipenser persicus — Persian sturgeon. Acipenser ruthenus — Sterlet. Acipenser schrenckii — Japanese sturgeon.
Thymallus baicalensis. Dybowski, 1874. Thymallus baicalensis, also known as the Baikal black grayling, is a Siberian freshwater fish species in the salmon family Salmonidae. Thymallus baicalensis occurs in Lake Baikal, in the inflowing Selenga River and throughout the major Enisei River drainage, and also some eastern tributaries of the Ob River.
The Abyssocottinae are a subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cottidae, the sculpins. They are known commonly as the deep-water sculpins. [2] The entire subfamily is endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia. [4] Sculpins of this subfamily mostly live in deep water, below 170 m (560 ft). [2] There are 24 known species in seven genera.
Procottus jeittelesi bicolor Dybowski, 1908. Procottus jeittelesii, the red sculpin or red Baikal sculpin, [3] is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. [4] It is a freshwater fish that dwells under stones or in holes in the mud at a depth range of 0 ...