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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.
Siberian taimen (Hucho taimen), also known as the common taimen (Russian: Обыкнове́нный тайме́нь, romanized: Obyknovénnyĭ taĭménʹ), Siberian giant trout or Siberian salmon, is a species of salmon -like ray-finned fish from the genus Hucho in the family Salmonidae. These fish are found in rivers in Siberia and adjacent ...
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).
Lake Ladoga (/ ˈ l æ d ə ɡ ə /; Russian: Ла́дожское о́зеро, romanized: Ladozhskoye ozero, IPA: [ˈladəʂskəjə ˈozʲɪrə] or Ла́дога, IPA: [ˈladəɡə]; Finnish: Laatokka [earlier in Finnish Nevajärvi]; Livvi: Luadogu; Veps: Ladog, Ladoganjärv) is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity ...
The Amur is an important river for the aquatic fauna of Northeast Asia. The river basin is home to a variety of large predatory fish such as northern snakehead, Amur pike, taimen, Amur catfish, predatory carp and yellowcheek, [8] as well as several species of trout and anadromous salmonids.
Category. : Fish of Russia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fish of Russia. The freshwater and marine Fish which are native— indigenous to Russia and its adjacent oceans and seas, in Europe and Asia. When the distribution range in Russia is known please also use Category: Fish of Europe and/or Category: Fish of East Asia.
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea. [2] [3] [4] An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau.
Lake Khanka is a shallow body of water, with an average depth of 4.5 metres (15 ft) and a prevailing depth of 1–3 metres (3.3–9.8 ft); the greatest depth is 10.6 m (35 ft). Its average volume is 18.3 km 3 (4.4 cu mi), though it can fill up to 22.6 km 3 (5.4 cu mi). The water in the lake is cloudy, which is explained by frequent winds and ...