Baikal is one of the most magnificent and breathtaking lakes. A wide variety of fish species live in the waters of the sights of Eurasia. This feature developed a long time ago, when a large number of vertebrates of various fauna complexes entered the lake. To date, it has been established that 54 species of fish live in the waters of Lake Baikal.
Fish groups
Ichthyologists have divided all types of fish into three large groups:
Baikal is considered an ideal place for fishing. Thanks to a huge variety of fish, every fisherman is satisfied with his catch.
Fishes of the Baikal region
There is a fish most valuable and sought after by fishermen. These include:
Perch
Perch the maximum height of vertebrates is 25 cm, all 200 g. In the warm season, 30% of fish of this species are concentrated in the lake, in winter the perch migrates to the rivers.
Dace
Yelets this representative of the water world is in the lake all year round, loves to swim off the coast of Lake Baikal.
carp
Crucian mainly gray crucian carp lives in the lake, the length of which can reach 30 cm, weight 300 g.
Pike
Pike fish can grow up to 50 cm and weigh about 10 kg or more. The predator does not swim far, because it loves warm coastal water.
Roach
Roach the length of the fish rarely exceeds 18 cm. Vertebrates love the muddy bottom with abundant vegetation, so they are often found in shallow water.
Shirokolobka
Gobies (shirokoloboki) are considered endemic to the reservoir, concentrated at the bottom of the lake.
trophy fish
Here is also a list of the most “trophy” specimens of fish living in the waters of Lake Baikal:
Omul
Omul is a descendant of the Arctic omul. Reaches a weight of 2 kg. There are few, medium and many stamen omul.
Grayling
Grayling representatives of black and white grayling live in the lake.
Taimen
Taimen is a fish belonging to the salmon family and listed in the Red Book. Toothy fish can grow up to 30 kg and have a length of about 1.4 meters.
Whitefish
Whitefish a representative of vertebrates lives in the lake all year round, it can be lake and lake-river forms.
Sturgeon
Sturgeon is a rare fish, a representative of cartilage, listed in the Red Book.
Davatchan
Davatchan belongs to the salmon family, also listed in the Red Book.
Burbot
Burbot is a unique fish that has mucus containing a natural antibiotic.
Non-commercial fish
In Lake Baikal, you can also find non-commercial fish species:
Golomyanka
Golomyanka is a unique species of vertebrates, characterized by the birth of live fry. Small and large golomyanka live in the lake. The maximum fish length is 30cm.
Longwing the weight of the fish is about 100 g, length 20 cm. The representative of the water world belongs to the endemics of the lake.
yellowfly
Yellowfly is a miniature fish, the length of which reaches only 17 cm, weight 16 g. An interesting representative of vertebrates with yellow fins.
The inhabitants of the water world of Lake Baikal are also lenok, ide, bream, gudgeon, Amur catfish, Siberian loach, rotan firebrand and various types of sculpins (long-winged, stone, sandy, white, small, Elokhinskaya, rough, half-naked, armored, flat-headed, sharp-snouted and others).
Lenok
Ide
Bream
Gudgeon
Amur catfish
Rotan firebrand
