What are the most peculiar fish in Baikal ?
It is Goby fish: The small golomyanka Comephorus dybowskii – is a representative of the endemic family Comephoridae, a pelagic species, making diurnal vertical migrations. The species populates the whole water layer up to the 1600 m depths. It feeds upon pelagic crayfish – epishura and macrohectopus,- and also upon its own fry and the fry of the big golomyanka. A well developed lateral line permits it to hunt successfully at great depths. The small golomyanka spawns at the age of 2-3 years old, giving birth to live larvae, which develop in the body of a female during 90-100 days. Its biomass is enormous – about 100 thous. tons. It is an essential component of the diet for the seal (nerpa) and omul. This fish is of no commercial importance for it does not form shoals accessible to catching. The sculpin Cottocomephorus grewingki is a small pelagic fish (about 10 cm long), spread to the 250 m depths. It feeds upon plankton, spawns under stones in the coastal zone at the age of 2-3 years o
