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Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Thymallinae
Etymology: Thymallus: Greek, thymallos, -ou = a kind of fish similar to salmon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Dybowski.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Boreal
Asia: Nizhnyaya Angara River and entire Lake Baikal; Selenga and other tributaries of Baikal.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116060); max. published weight: 1.2 kg (Ref. 593)
Stays mainly in shallow water with stony bottoms. Feeds on larval caddis flies and stone flies, Amphipoda, eggs of sculpin (Cottus) and lenok (Ref. 593).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Berg, L.S., 1962. Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. volume 1, 4th edition. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1948). (Ref. 593)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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