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Pages in category "Fauna of Lake Baikal" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abyssocottus; B.
Lake Baikal was under the Anbei Protectorate of the Tang dynasty from 647 CE to 682 CE. Russian expansion into the Buryat area around Lake Baikal [83] in 1628–1658 was part of the Russian conquest of Siberia. It was done first by following the Angara River upstream from Yeniseysk (founded 1619) and later by moving south from the Lena River ...
This entire family is mostly endemic to Russia, where it found in Lake Baikal and surrounding lakes and rivers. Batrachocottus. Batrachocottus baicalensis — Bighead sculpin; Batrachocottus multiradiatus; Batrachocottus nikolskii — Fat sculpin; Batrachocottus talievi; Cottocomephorus. Cottocomephorus alexandrae
The Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica), also known as Lake Baikal seal or Baikal nerpa, is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Like the Caspian seal, it is related to the Arctic ringed seal. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest true seals and the only exclusively freshwater pinniped species. [2]
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.
Pages in category "Lake Baikal" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The park is managed with three other nature reserves, and is a major component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Lake Baikal". [1] The Angara River, which is the outflow of Lake Baikal west into the Yenisei River basin, runs through the park. The park has very high levels of biodiversity and endemic species. [2]
Lubomirskiidae is a family of freshwater sponges from Lake Baikal in Russia. [1] Lubomirskia baikalensis, Baikalospongia bacillifera and B. intermedia are unusually large for freshwater sponges and can reach 1 m (3.3 ft) or more. [2] [3] These three are also the most common sponges in Lake Baikal. [2]